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smoldering

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To put things into perspective, in our town, the junkyard is essentially perpetually smoldering, giving off quite potent fumes.

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Quick take

US standard spelling of smouldering. [(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.]

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noun

US standard spelling of smouldering. [(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for smoldering.

noun

US standard spelling of smouldering. [(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.]

Example sentences

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To put things into perspective, in our town, the junkyard is essentially perpetually smoldering, giving off quite potent fumes.

2

And, if you see something that is a potential fire hazard/already smoldering, you need to aggressively put that out.

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While smoldering fires tend to produce lots of visible smoke -- the type that a photoelectric detector will identify.

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There are strong arguments that it is in fact adding fuel to the ongoing smoldering economic and diplomatic conflicts.

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And there was a smoldering birthday candle sized flame in the nimrod comments about unicode, but not that bad.

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While ionization alarms will go off far too quickly from cooking, they also fail to response to slow smoldering fires.

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A pizza ad ringing while my dinner is still smoldering would at least make me laugh.

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Both have their benefits/tradeoffs, the ideal scenario seems to be to include both (slow smoldering fires vs hot and fast).

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Sometimes it amazes me that the whole financial system hasn't already collapsed in a smoldering heap.

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Firemen investigated the smoldering ruins and found the remains of an antique gas boiler.

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Talent doesn't trust Money not to be stupid and develops a deep, smoldering cynicism that the rest of the world misperceives as obnoxious entitlement.

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I went downtown with my grandfather two weeks later and it looked like a war zone with buildings still smoldering.

Quote examples

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We're Americans, I assure you however much we're "used to it" there's a smoldering anger that is getting hotter and hotter as this goes on.

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And they also know that that market share represents people who would purchase a pile of smoldering rubbish for a 200% markup if it had an Apple logo on it and a Jonny Ive's video spot proclaiming how this "was the best designed pile of smoldering rubbish...in the world".

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use smoldering in a sentence?

To put things into perspective, in our town, the junkyard is essentially perpetually smoldering, giving off quite potent fumes.

What does smoldering mean?

US standard spelling of smouldering. [(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.]

What part of speech is smoldering?

smoldering is commonly used as noun.