Examples of simmer down in a Sentence
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But anyone hoping that tensions between the sisters would have simmered down since last season will be disappointed, as the recent trailer shows that Kim and Kourtney Kardashian are still fighting.
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Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
But some places in Florida simmer down during the summer months.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
Ahmed, who had worked for the United Nations aid program in Sudan was not alone in her early optimism that the fighting would simmer down.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 3 June 2023
Bucky said the protests, which have simmered down this week, have now evolved into more general frustrations that have built up over time.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 23 June 2023
One quick way to simmer down the TD Garden: Jayson Tatum on the ground holding his ankle in pain.
—Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
Keke Palmer’s very public feud with her (ex?) boyfriend Darius Jackson is not simmering down.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
Spike was interrupting Kareem so much that eventually Kareem just put his hand on Spike’s head and told him to simmer down.
—Jenna Milliner-Waddell, Curbed, 22 June 2023
Sev tamatar ki sabji, which crosses over into Gujarati traditions as well (Gujarat is a neighbor along Rajasthan’s more fertile southwestern border), is a dish of tomatoes simmered down and thickened, and then garnished with squiggly sev.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
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Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
But some places in Florida simmer down during the summer months.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
Ahmed, who had worked for the United Nations aid program in Sudan was not alone in her early optimism that the fighting would simmer down.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 3 June 2023
Bucky said the protests, which have simmered down this week, have now evolved into more general frustrations that have built up over time.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 23 June 2023
One quick way to simmer down the TD Garden: Jayson Tatum on the ground holding his ankle in pain.
—Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
Keke Palmer’s very public feud with her (ex?) boyfriend Darius Jackson is not simmering down.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
Spike was interrupting Kareem so much that eventually Kareem just put his hand on Spike’s head and told him to simmer down.
—Jenna Milliner-Waddell, Curbed, 22 June 2023
Sev tamatar ki sabji, which crosses over into Gujarati traditions as well (Gujarat is a neighbor along Rajasthan’s more fertile southwestern border), is a dish of tomatoes simmered down and thickened, and then garnished with squiggly sev.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
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First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Simmer down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simmer%20down. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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simmer down
verb1
: to become calm or peaceful
2
: to become reduced by or as if by simmering
a broth simmered down to half
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