smoldered in English

verb

1

burn slowly with smoke but no flame.

the bonfire still smoldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock

synonyms: smoke, glow, burn

verb

• smoke, glow, burn
• seethe, boil, fume, burn, simmer, be boiling over, be beside oneself, be livid

Use "smoldered" in a sentence

1. Trouble over land smoldered along the Mexican border.

2. The campfire smoldered for hours after the blaze died out.

3. The small rooms were cold and drafty, but the livingroom smoldered in wood heat.

4. Beyond these limits, however, the fires of the Industrial Revolution barely smoldered, if they burned at all.

5. The men set off fireworks away evil spirits as wads of paper money smoldered the rubble.

6. Parents set off fireworks wads of paper money smoldered amid the rubble of Juyuan Middle School.

7. 26 A festival had taken place there that morning; near the entrance, votive candles melted (David lighted one for his father), and inside the temple mighty sticks of incense smoldered in iron urns.