smoldering 1 of 2

variants or smouldering

smoldering

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verb

variants or smouldering
present participle of smolder

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of smoldering
Verb
A day after making the moves, the Panthers provided three hours of evidence in Tampa that focusing on the future is the prudent thing to do rather than fiddling with the embers of a smoldering 4-12 season. Joseph Person, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024 The sheriff’s office said Clifford’s body was found near a smoldering vehicle northeast of Tucson. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024 Fire crews are on scene and have put out the fire, though the vehicle is still smoldering, Marchegion said. Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024 People laugh at the Wet Bandits slipping on ice, the Wet Bandits being branded by a smoldering doorknob, the Wet Bandits having their hair burned off, getting hit in the face with paint cans, stepping on a nail, swinging from a rope into a brick wall. Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 The Destroyers are the more controversial picks — wired to disrupt existing institutions, and acting on smoldering grievances against the organizations they've been picked to lead. Axios, 16 Dec. 2024 Dressed in a traditional-looking headpiece at what appears to be an after-hours bonfire celebration, the star makes smoldering eye contact with someone offscreen while giving a sly smile. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024 Together, Juno’s flybys have enabled an unprecedented look at the smoldering moon, including taking observations of its poles for the first time. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024 The car erupted into flames, careened across the track like a meteor on a particularly bad day, and came to rest against the wall as little more than a smoldering wreck. Greg Engle, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoldering
Verb
  • The clip, a 53-minute visualizer posted on YouTube, shows four red stockings hanging over a blazing fireplace alongside a Christmas tree.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The clip, a 53-minute visualizer posted on YouTube, shows four red stockings hanging over a blazing fireplace alongside a Christmas tree.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Keep scrolling for more can’t-miss deals and the answers to your most burning questions about Way Day.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Mud puddles are courageous, too, when returning the unblinking, burning gaze of the sky’s white eye.
    contributing Monitor poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Giants first baseman Dom Smith, who played with Devers in Boston last season, offered a glowing endorsement of his former teammate.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • That shopper isn’t the only person who left a glowing review.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • Somewhat surprisingly, flaming saganaki is now also catching on in Greece, especially in tourist-heavy restaurants, such as the Athens Yacht Club.
    David Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
  • Among the disturbing scenes from the recent Los Angeles protests, which erupted over federal immigration raids, are those in which protestors stood around the flaming Waymos.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • Coursing through all of these elements is a seething anger at authoritarianism.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Cox and his team were brought in by a handful of wealthy Colorado ranch owners who were still seething over the ballot measure to introduce wolves that passed in 2020 by less than one percent.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Reports suggest that some Republican lawmakers are frustrated with Musk’s bluster and that the DOGE approach to slashing the federal bureaucracy is angering constituents and making lawmakers less popular in their districts.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The prequel will introduce his family and girlfriend and the events that led up to his victory, notorious for angering the Capitol elite.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Smoldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoldering. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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