smoulder

Example Sentences

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The photos appear to show the tank smouldering after the attack and suggest that a fire raged there for days.

From BBC

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

From Barron's

He says if the foam had been fire retardant it would have smouldered, not burned.

From BBC

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

From BBC

AFP journalists joined a military-organised press tour through the smouldering wreckage of two former labs south of the town of Hsipaw in northeastern Shan state.

From Barron's