Example Sentences

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It’s by-the-numbers stuff, but Hardy is simmeringly charismatic.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2020

Ms. Overbey is excellent as the motherly Ronnie, who with an ever-present smile tries to negotiate a daily peace between the disappointed Douglas and the simmeringly rebellious Alan.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2011

He would catch himself thinking of breaded veal chops, done slowly, simmeringly, in butter, so that they came out a golden brown on a parsley-decked platter.

From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna