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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Naturally an absolutely dead and crumbling wood will smoulder, but does not develop sufficient smoke.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
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
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
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
And when you go, then, lacking impulse and incentive, the new facility, the new sensitive alertness, the unconscious self-confidence, all will smoulder and die out in me....
From The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
