How to Use smolder in a Sentence

smolder

verb
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  • The remains of the campfire smoldered.
  • Anger smoldered in my heart.
  • Her eyes smoldered with anger.
  • Eight years ago, some of them were still smoldering in the streets.
    — Tom Withers, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2018
  • But even with the tamed blaze still smoldering, Hilton and the team carried on with the shoot.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Fire can smolder below the surface in the duff for weeks.
    — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Vivid mode makes the game’s River of Flame smolder through your screen.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • With the ship still smoldering, the New Carissa broke in half.
    — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The hillside to the south of the freeway was smoldering and blackened.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • What’s better, live long and smolder like a coal, or burn bright like a fire?
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • Ohia lehua trees felled by the lava flows smoldered under the cloudy sky.
    — Author: Simon Romero, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2018
  • The names of some teams kept—and still keep—Lost Cause embers smoldering.
    — Diane Roberts, The New Republic, 6 Nov. 2019
  • There's some that have been known to smolder, if left unattended to, for that long.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Sunday, as fires still smoldered at the scene of the bombings, doctors raced to save the wounded.
    — Isobel Thompson, vanityfair.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The morning heat began to smolder as Casarez’s cell phone buzzed.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 18 July 2022
  • The slow, smoldering fire involved a sofa in the living room, the chief said.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 18 June 2018
  • At the very least, this means more scenes with Jamie's signature smolder.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 9 May 2018
  • White has served up a number of smoldering looks this year.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
  • If all trees are not yet ablaze, many seem to be in smoldering preparation to bring forth the fires of the season.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Heavy white smoke rose from a smoldering match factory in the free zone next to the crossing.
    — Albert Aji, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2018
  • The Indonesian man on YouTube said the briquettes would smolder twice as long as charcoal, and a study in Ghana backed up the claim.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Trees and piles of debris continued to smolder, along the route, two days after the main fire burned through.
    — Julie Johnson, Sarah Ravani, Lauren Helper, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2021
  • When police arrived, the 26-year-old’s body still smoldered.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In the inspection, fire crews will check the ceilings of the apartment to make sure the attics aren’t still smoldering.
    — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 7 July 2017
  • The aroma of golden bread cooked over smoldering coals lingered in the air.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Their efforts stopped the spread of the flames within hours, but hard-to-reach spots in the thick timbers continued to smolder for days.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
  • Sometimes the gun just smolders This result has been cooking for quite some time.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The very first murder victim found in 1975 was a man found down in the southern part of the county with his body still smoldering.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 14 June 2024
  • The fire was either an electrical fault or sparked by a smoldering cigarette left by a worker.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The car erupted into flames, careened across the track like a meteor on a particularly bad day, and came to rest against the wall as little more than a smoldering wreck.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024

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