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
• Eight years ago, some of them were still smoldering in the streets.
  — Tom Withers, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2018
• What’s better, live long and smolder like a coal, or burn bright like a fire?
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
• Ohia lehua trees felled by the lava flows smoldered under the cloudy sky.
  — Author: Simon Romero, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2018
• 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
• The last was paired with lamb that had been roasted in a cast-iron pot with smoldering herbs and hay.
  — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 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
• Vivid mode makes the game’s River of Flame smolder through your screen.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
• The morning heat began to smolder as Casarez’s cell phone buzzed.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 18 July 2022
• In the footage, a large field of aircraft debris can be seen still smoldering.
  — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
• The doctor gestured to a low bench near the smoldering hearth.
  — Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
• At the very least, this means more scenes with Jamie's signature smolder.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 9 May 2018
• His voice breaks the surface with a breathy, smoldering whisper.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• Heavy white smoke rose from a smoldering match factory in the free zone next to the crossing.
  — Albert Aji, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2018
• Two of the homes directly facing theirs had burned to the ground and were still smoldering.
  — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• The aroma of golden bread cooked over smoldering coals lingered in the air.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• Video from a traffic camera showed the truck still smoldering three hours after the crash.
  — Fox News, 1 Apr. 2020
• That book took theology out of academia and placed it on the still-smoldering streets.
  — John Blake, CNN, 30 Apr. 2018
• Sometimes the gun just smolders This result has been cooking for quite some time.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2019
• The cast of Fire Country has been smoldering since the start.
  — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
• With the ship still smoldering, the New Carissa broke in half.
  — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2020
• The slow, smoldering fire involved a sofa in the living room, the chief said.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 18 June 2018
• The hillside to the south of the freeway was smoldering and blackened.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• This can generate enough heat that the cardboard can start to smolder, or even ignite.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026