How to Use smolder in a Sentence

smolder

verb
  • The remains of the campfire smoldered.
  • Anger smoldered in my heart.
  • Her eyes smoldered with anger.
  • One told a boss about red hot coals and smoldering ash.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The wood chips should begin to smolder and release a steady stream of smoke.
    — Paula Disbrowe, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026
  • Even as the rubble smoldered, a spark of hope was burning brighter.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The devices smoldered but did not explode.
    — Daily News Staff, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • His main job was smoldering as the leading lady pined for him.
    — Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Blackened trees and a smoldering log made clear that fires are a common way to keep warm.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the footage, a large field of aircraft debris can be seen still smoldering.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The cast of Fire Country has been smoldering since the start.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
  • This can generate enough heat that the cardboard can start to smolder, or even ignite.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This leads to the stars ending their lives as smoldering stellar embers called white dwarfs.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The boats, in other words, are already smoldering.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Smoke rising from the smoldering high-rise apartments.
    — Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Glossy, blonde waves perfectly frame her face, and her blue eyes, now darkened, smolder at the camera.
    — Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Aerial footage taken shortly after the crash showed a large smoldering burn mark on the land.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Blood orange and saffron ignite the air, myrrh smolders beneath, and the woods hum with market heat.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Clark started to smolder Wednesday with a three-run double in the first inning.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Video shot by a neighbor shows the plane’s smoldering wreckage, just feet from a kids’ basketball hoop.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Much of the town’s skyline had transformed from rooftops and leafy trees to smoldering rubble and stand-alone chimneys.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Kardashian puckered her lips and gave the camera a smoldering look.
    — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Fine dead fuels throughout the fire area hit moistures of extinction while the heavy dead and down continued to smolder.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Fine dead fuels throughout the fire area hit moistures of extinction while the heavy dead and down continued to smolder.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • These handsome galoots may cheat on their spouses or worse, but this allows the women to smolder in drifting chiffon.
    — Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But the killing of George Floyd didn’t end in the smoldering rubble of the Third Precinct.
    — Jennifer Brooks, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Remus graced the cover of Time magazine with a smoldering gaze.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
  • In this smoldering Water sign, the messenger planet doesn’t do small talk.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • For about a week, the fire smoldered at low intensity, doing its work on a patch of roughly 120 acres.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The tiles and artwork on the walls were smashed and smoldering, chunks still peeling away from the thankfully stubborn aerolite.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026

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