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smoldering

[ UK /smˈə‍ʊldəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsmoʊɫdɝɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. showing scarcely suppressed anger
    her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering

How To Use smoldering In A Sentence

  • In chronic smoldering cases, inflammatory bowel disease can be misdiagnosed, and treatment with steroids only exacerbates the infection.
  • Ryan Klesko sat Wednesday, his smoldering bat idled by a sore right wrist.
  • One section of the factory's main exterior wall had already collapsed, leaving a pile of smouldering rubble. Times, Sunday Times
  • The good news for hot hatch lovers is there is a smouldering two-litre twin turbo VXR waiting in the wings that hits showrooms in spring. The Sun
  • When canals dropped the water table below the surface, and the sawgrass was cleared, the peat dried, shrank and blew away, or burnt like a cigar, smoldering for months and years, filling the sky with smoke.
  • Several hours after the crash, the building still was smouldering, with black smoke hanging in the air.
  • The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen.
  • Anthony remained standing, gazing at a large, smouldering log that looked poised to roll forward undesirably. IN LOVE AND WAR
  • He expected it to almost sever that limb, but there were only a burst of golden flame, a gout of white sparks, and a smoldering sleeve. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • When rekindling a fire from coals, placing a split log on the bed of coals produces a more successful transition from smoldering into flame than using an unsplit log (one having no obvious edges).
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