smoulder

Example Sentences

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Once people realized that the authorities had not acted in their best interest, resentment began to smoulder.

From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2022

Smaller ones than in the Sierra de la Culebra continued to smoulder on Monday to the east in Navarra and Catalonia.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2022

The fire continued to smoulder into Monday, but was threatening neither oil and gas infrastructure nor people's lives, Azerbaijan's emergency ministry said.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2021

Yet the remnants of what just a generation ago were vast swathes of virgin rainforest still smoulder and flame.

From Economist • Sep. 10, 2015

In the centre of the town the bonfire was beginning to smoulder.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya