smoulder
verb (used without object)
were smouldering
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past progressiveof smoulder.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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Bond markets were smouldering after a stinging sell off.
From Reuters ● Mar. 31, 2022
Fires lit in the street in central Beirut were smouldering on Friday morning.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2019
The fires of fury and hatred were smouldering in her small black eyes.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Thus were smouldering fires of personal ambition quenched in Lady Calmady, as so often before.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
Two brands were smouldering there in a melancholy way.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
