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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fume" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of anger or irritation, often in a figurative sense.
Example: "After hearing the unfair criticism, she was in a fume and needed to take a walk to calm down."
Alternatives: "a fit of anger" or "a state of rage".
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For obvious reasons, everything is done under a fume hood.
Except that we're left with the obscene details, which linger like a fume.
Finally, the samples were left to dry for 24 h in a fume hood.
Inside a fume hood, he fastens the chamber over a flask of hydrochloric acid.
She lifted a fume hood, revealing several bottles of booze labelled "Not for Consumption".
However, both are carcinogenic and must be used under a fume hood.
In "Romeo and Juliet" poor Romeo tells of his futile love as "a smoke raised with a fume of sighs".
Alexander McQueen, who was womenswear creative director from 1996 to 2001, left the label in a fume of acrimony.
That advice works for a fume hood of any age.
The motor in a fume hood blower also matters.
The methanol was evaporated in a fume hood.
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