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

The WHO has previously said the Covid-19 pandemic could smoulder in Africa for several years after killing as many as 190,000 people in the coming 12 months.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 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

Then the lift slowed and it got so hot that his clothes began to smoulder.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2014

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