Example Sentences

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But the anger that had simmered beforehand turned to sheer joy by full-time.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

At home, anger towards Bongo, who was handpicked to succeed his father in 2009, had simmered for too long.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

In the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, where a fire also struck the town hall, residents over the weekend said anger had simmered for years and many said the government had done little to help them.

From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023

In sum, witch-hunting was a systematic campaign of terror that eliminated the resistance to dispossession that had simmered for decades after the peasant protests were crushed.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

The fury and fear that’d coursed through her earlier had simmered to a dull headache.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older