simmer
verb (used without object)
to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
had simmered
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past perfectof simmer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Tensions between the two had simmered for weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
At home, anger towards Bongo, who was handpicked to succeed his father in 2009, had simmered for too long.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
A contest that had simmered throughout came to the boil at exactly the right time for Nunez and his manager Klopp.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
The records investigation had simmered for months before bursting into view with an Aug. 8 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, with agents removing roughly 100 documents with classification markings.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The fury and fear that’d coursed through her earlier had simmered to a dull headache.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
