smolder
verb (used without object)
to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
are smoldering
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present progressiveof smolder.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Once over the site, it drops a load of water and soon the flames are smoldering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Meanwhile, other illnesses, including mental health problems, are smoldering.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
Now that the Kincade fire is mostly under control, and the Getty and Tick fires are smoldering, the questions will soon turn to whether we will rebuild what was lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
Pedro Hernández, El Silencio’s distiller, explained that he waits until the coals are smoldering before he adds the agave, to prevent the mezcal from getting too smoky.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016
There are two seasons of color in those parts: the yellow, when the country-side is flaming with the gorse-blossoms, and the crimson, when all the long slopes are smoldering with the heather.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
