smoulder
verb (used without object)
will smoulder
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future tenseof smoulder.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Neither must it be too damp, else it will smoulder and discourage the fire.
From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke
She simply got it under control, and it will smoulder a long time before it's finally burnt out.
From The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
For days, or even for a week or two, it will smoulder and smoulder; and then at last it will blaze up, and the old house with all its precious contents is wrecked.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Naturally an absolutely dead and crumbling wood will smoulder, but does not develop sufficient smoke.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
All papers, when dried in the sun, have a glossy surface, and none can be torn, or ignited by the application of fire; the paper will smoulder, but not burst into flame.
From Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Benjamin Lumley
