smolder

Example Sentences

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As a result, they may overlook slower, less visible fires that smolder deep within peat and organic soils.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

"Peatlands and organic soils can smolder for weeks to years, releasing enormous amounts of ancient carbon."

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Passions still smolder below the surface, but there is not enough oxygen to let them flame into life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

What a mess, and the story is likely to smolder into the new year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

He had made new fire, which he now kept going using partially rotten wood because the punky wood would smolder for many hours and still come back with fire.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen