smolder
verb (used without object)
to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
were smoldering
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past progressiveof smolder.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Video released by the State Emergency Service shows firefighters in the strike area, where buildings were smoldering.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022
Fires were smoldering in central Beirut, where streets were scattered with glass of several smashed shop-fronts.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2019
The news triggered celebrations across streets that were smoldering days earlier.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
Flames were smoldering in areas that have not been scorched since the 1955 Refugio fire, which burned for 10 days and charred 77,000 acres, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2017
“And, of course,” Zeus continued, though he looked like his pants were smoldering, “we must... um ... thank Poseidon.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
