smoulder
verb (used without object)
smoulders
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present tense formof smoulder (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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More than a million Muslims are gathering in Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage overshadowed by the Middle East war, as animosity smoulders across the region despite a fragile ceasefire.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
But, he concluded: "I'm not sure this new version brings as much to the table... A camp fire burns at one side. It's just a pity that the production as a whole smoulders fitfully."
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
As France frets about an extended drought and prospects for more wildfires in another long summer, one blaze that erupted eight months ago in the southwest of the country still smoulders away underground.
From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2023
Most days a fire smoulders directly in front.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2014
There is a fading inward of the day, And all the pansy heaven clasps one star; The dwindling acres eastward glimmer gray, While all the world to westward smoulders far.
From One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue by Julius Madison Cawein
