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

At a nearby local bar, a popular spot to hang out, ashes still smoulder.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2021

Even then, the building continued to smoulder well into Saturday afternoon.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2018

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