Sentence examples for smolder from inspiring English sources

The word "smolder" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to something such as a flame, embers, or feelings that are burning deeply and slowly. For example: "The embers of the fire smoldered in the fireplace, giving off a warm and comforting glow".

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smolder

verb

To burn with no flame and little smoke.

  • The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.

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Dolomite effervesces with dilute hydrochloric acid, but slowly rather than vigorously as calcite does; in general, it appears to smolder slowly, and in some cases it does so only after the rock has been powdered or the acid warmed, or both.

Shin Fuji probably first became active about 10,000 years ago and has continued ever since to smolder or erupt occasionally.

The conflict over the crown and the charge of heresy thus continued to smolder.

Correa's smile gave way to a smolder.

The embers of his half-smoked cigarette caught the pages of his pilot, which began to smolder and, in time, burn.

The marvel of it lies in a tonal modulation of strong color: a luminous blue, white-clouded sky silhouettes the boat and its figures, whose shadowed hues smolder.

She is small and blond and snub-nosed, but she knows how to smolder icily and this dissonance is what makes her special.

The building continued to smolder for two days.

But McDaniels still deserves plaudits for racking up so many points and so much yardage with an offense that's built to smolder rather than explode.

A fiery rage consumed her, but it could only smolder in her heart.

His black eyes easily smolder, or burn, or reproach.

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