smouldering
- present participle of smoulder.
Example Sentences
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Among them was US R&B star Kehlani, who jumped on a remix, fanning the song's smouldering groove into a full-blown inferno.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
"Still a lot of it was... not burning really but still smouldering," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
On Friday, footage emerged of the smouldering and ruined 12,000-seat Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
Prosecutors posted images of the smouldering carriage on social media, which regional emergency services later said had been extinguished.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Thinking that I had probably asked a dumb, or worse, a wrong question, I coyly dropped my eyes and stared at the smouldering flames.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
