smolder

IPA: smˈoʊɫdɝ

noun

  • The act of smoldering or something that smolders.

verb

  • (intransitive, now US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
  • (intransitive, figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
  • (intransitive, figuratively) To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
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Examples of "smolder" in Sentences

  • The chimney is smoldering.
  • The house is a smoldering ruin.
  • The house began to smolder slowly.
  • These can smolder year in, year out.
  • It continued to smolder for 4 months.
  • Duff can smolder for days after a fire.
  • Finally, wood can smolder when heated sufficiently.
  • They may smolder for a few minutes until they ignite.
  • Her performance was described as having a smoldering moodiness.
  • A pipe left to smolder may have ignited a blaze after the workmen were gone.

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