Definition of Smolder

to burn with no flame and little smoke; to have strong restrained feelings

Examples of Smolder in a sentence

After we extinguished the bonfire, it continued to smolder for a long time.  🔊

We knew that the log would only char and smolder and that it would not burst into flames.  🔊

Grandma’s dark coal eyes smolder with anguish and frustration when she tells the stories of her families suffering.  🔊

The cigarette ceased to smolder as I stamped on it repeatedly.  🔊

Conflict on the southern border continues to smolder, threatening to break out into a full blown war.  🔊

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