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 in January, the province saw an unprecedented peak of 106 active zombie fires, raising concern among fire scientists about what these smoulders will mean for the upcoming wildfire season.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
A similar concern smoulders about Japan's Treasury holdings as the yen weakens close to 150 per dollar and the prospect of Bank of Japan dollar selling intervention heightens.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2023
The debate faded a little as other industry inequalities took the spotlight, but it still smoulders on, , and reignited recently by Daniel Radcliffe and Scarlett Johansson.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2016
Snow on the felltop, now: but underground Fire smoulders still: and still might burst to flame.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
