smoulder
verb (used without object)
are smouldering
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present progressiveof smoulder.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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Thus society had come to resemble the lofty mountain, whose crown of white snows and robe of fresh verdure but conceal those hidden fires which are smouldering within its bowels.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
All is vivacity, gracefulness, and sparkle to the eye; but ah, what fires are smouldering below!
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
There are smouldering fires all round the city, and ruins upon ruins meet us at every turn.
From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart
States are commonly at peace or at war; if at peace, even where there are smouldering enmities, an appearance is kept up of mutual toleration.
From Cavour by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
All is vivacity, gracefulness, and sparkle, to the eye; but ah, what fires are smouldering below!
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
