- present tense form of fume (3rd person singular).
fumes
Example Sentences
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At issue is whether the reported fumes are an isolated problem—or point to a broader vulnerability in the air-supply system used on nearly every commercial aircraft flying today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Air quality regulators said that during the sanitation process this week, Lineage will need to maintain negative air pressure and keep air pollution equipment running to help mitigate fumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Among those cases was eight-year-old Luke Albiston-O'Donnell from Birkenhead, who died after inhaling toxic fumes from a house fire caused by an e-bike battery on charge in 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, a senior who works as a public-health scientist, called a plumber when she started feeling sick from fumes in her Washington, D.C., home—a smell she described as “like feces.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The next car, a banged-up red sedan, went past them in a cloud of exhaust fumes.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
