Example Sentences
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A bank in the Badaro neighbourhood smouldered as firefighters sprayed water, while riot police stood nearby with shields.
From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023
Plastic chairs for the many mourners that had visited the house over the last three days stood above rain-soaked asphalt, while Arabic coffee slowly smouldered on the coals nearby.
From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2015
In all, six provinces in Sumatra were put on “emergency alert” as hundreds of “hotspots” of burning trees and vegetation flared and smouldered.
From Economist • Sep. 10, 2015
They smouldered through the winter's frost, waiting for a spark to reignite.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2015
Here there was a proper fireplace, richly carved with the arms and supporters of Benwick, and half a tree smouldered in the grate.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
