smoulder

IPA: smˈoʊɫdɝ

noun

  • (obsolete) smoke; smother
  • A disease of narcissus and related flowers caused by the fungus Botrytis narcissicola, and characterized by dark brown lesions on the leaves.
  • Alternative form of smolder. [The act of smoldering or something that smolders.]

verb

  • (transitive) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
  • (intransitive, chiefly Britain) Alternative form of smolder [(intransitive, now US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.]
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Examples of "smoulder" in Sentences

  • They smoulder and smoke.
  • Fire smoulders, but it is under control.
  • Major overnight fire continues to smoulder.
  • These did not smoulder after the cannon had fired.
  • Never leave the fire unattended or let it smoulder.
  • As the flames smoulder, only Gunther and Hagen survive.
  • The crisis has passed, but the dispute continues to smoulder.
  • Oedipa smouldered, knowing she must achieve self actualization.
  • It was a bitterly cold evening but her clothes were still smouldering.
  • The new wave of protests tells us that the embers continue to smoulder.
  • And no matter how hard she squints her eyes, Danica Patrick cannot 'smoulder'.
  • In the volatile south, tensions between Uzbek and Kyrgyz continue to smoulder.
  • Then the "$8.00" began to smoulder under his lids again, and he returned himself to servitude.
  • Most of us spend our whole lives fighting the most visible fires, while leaving the most important ones to smoulder unnoticed.
  • A delicate balance of smoulder and sensitivity that's best experienced on YouTube, where the track has rapidly earned a million views.
  • When I was still a child, I discovered a thought that resonated strongly with me: "It is better to shine brightly and then burn out than to slowly smoulder aimlessly."
  • We need to be on the down side of the glacial cycle, simple having more squirrels follow the ice line north is now a net loss because we want the ice line to start its return back south, otherwise the planet will smoulder.

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