smouldering

Example Sentences

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"But that's not to say the fires in the western Mournes aren't still smouldering," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

On Friday, footage emerged of the smouldering and ruined 12,000-seat Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Prosecutors posted images of the smouldering carriage on social media, which regional emergency services later said had been extinguished.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

They are slightly better at detecting the large smoke particles created by slow, smouldering fires.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

The players had set a ladder on the uppermost landing of the outside stairs, and several of them were now on the roof, beating at the smouldering thatch with their capes.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood