fumes 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of fume

fumes

2 of 2

noun

plural of fume

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fumes
Verb
  • At its heart sits Viti, a striking blue crater lake that steams invitingly in contrast to the stark black landscape.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2020
Verb
  • Marcello steps in to guide her safely down the mountain, though their connection is quickly cut short when Emily storms off to confront Gabriel and end their relationship.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • With a face as crimson as her hair, Ellen storms directly into her brother Colum’s (Séamus McLean Ross) office, demanding answers.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Every application sits on top of compute, storage, networking and security layers, often distributed across clouds and hybrid environments.
    Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In a small region of the mountainous forests in Brazil, the peaks meet the clouds and humidity fills the air.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Theirs was a life together cut off in its infancy, but still the flame burns bright.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The spark becomes a blaze, and trust between citizens and the military burns with it.
    Eric Chastain, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Fire rages through the Singha Durbar, the main administrative building for the Nepal government, in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025 amid widespread protests.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As war rages in Europe, the two children navigate danger and secrets that challenge their understanding of family and friendship, reshaping their childhoods forever.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their eponymous theme sets the tone with a churning brew of twinkling synths and ritualistic percussion, both of which are eventually subsumed into the supernatural (represented by the theremin) before a crash of guitar boils everything together into chaos.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
  • However, these blemishes are often a skin condition other than acne, such as folliculitis, boils, contact dermatitis, or keratosis pilaris.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Fumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fumes. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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