simmer
Example Sentences
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When it comes to soup, there’s a familiar script: You boil, you simmer, you tend.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Traders will have the weekend to let that one simmer.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Even as Singh takes office, tensions in Manipur continue to simmer.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
I’m impatient too, I get it, but please, do not turn up the temperature to make your pot simmer faster.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
“When you get angry, do you let your emotions out, or do you let them simmer internally?”
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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