The phrase "simmering in the background" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe something that is happening or existing in a subtle, ongoing manner, typically without drawing attention. Example: "The tension between the two brothers had been simmering in the background for years, but finally erupted during their father's will reading."
Her political ascendancy took what was essentially a state personnel matter and elevated it into a national issue, one that has been simmering in the background of an increasingly heated presidential race.
Still I would think that must be simmering in the background.
And always simmering in the background is the name of the league's Washington franchise, which is seen by many as racist, yet has their owner and Commissioner Goodell backing it.
Unfortunately, we do have the riots simmering in the background and -- even more distracting -- the wholly unconvincing plot device of Caroline (Samantha Soule), a white girl Lank discovers wandering down the highway in a daze, bundles into his car, brings home, gives her shelter and demands his sister do the same.
What's disappointing is that this is an excellent setting for a television series, one with complicated hierarchies, petty power struggles, and the righteous indignation of religion simmering in the background.
In this election it simmers in the background.
Maybe that explains why Costa simmered in the background, overlooked and often lent out by Atlético, which had other strikers to love and to fatten for the market.
Unrest has simmered in the background of the Cambridges' high profile three-day trip to a city that is still dealing with the fallout from the decision.
Vive la Trottinette is currently inactive, but it still exists, and Bourtourault has in mind to "try to move this former student association to a more professional activity that would keep this 'political' arm.' " For now, it simmers in the background as another manifestation of his persistence and focus.
But a fresh conflict was already simmering in the 1980s.
Mike's secret comes back into play in the first episode -- is that still a major issue in the second half of the year, or is it just simmering quietly in the background?
