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

Much of the fire was doused by late on Sunday but authorities said the site will continue to smoulder in the coming days.

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2021

An hour later we’re sitting on the porch, looking out to the mountains in the west and watching the ruined stable smoulder.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

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

From Economist • Sep. 10, 2015

But in the West the dying sun had set all the fume on fire, and now Mindolluin stood black against a burning smoulder flecked with embers.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien