On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Simmering. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as boiling or stewing and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Simmering meaning
present participle and gerund of simmer
Synonyms of Simmering
Using Simmering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of simmer
- Useful related words include: boiling, stewing, cooking, cookery.
- In the example corpus, simmering often appears in combinations such as: been simmering, the simmering, simmering in.
Context around Simmering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Simmering
- In this selection, "simmering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, something, temperature, violence, volcano and generally stand out and add context to how "simmering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a long simmering hatred between and a long simmering resentment toward. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "simmering" sits close to words such as abode, acknowledgment and acquaintances, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with simmering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He had simmering anger that boiled over into acute rage, he said. (12 words)
Mooney reportedly started the resulting fracas, the result of a simmering feud. (12 words)
I don’t know if Russ is cooked, but he’s damn sure simmering. (14 words)
Conflict has been simmering for decades in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where Wosornu said more than 130 armed groups are fighting mainly for control of land and mines though some groups are trying to protect their communities. (37 words)
Denver District Court should likewise shun the temptation to engage in legal gymnastics which, if successful, would play into Trump’s narrative that elections are rigged and throw gas on the simmering flames of political polarization. (36 words)
Contrastingly, as the passionate Moon in your philosophy zone awakens simmering Chiron in your finance sector, you might be embarrassed if a listener starts prying into whether you put your money where your mouth is. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
There is something simmering in so many of us, a simmering volcano of discontent and despair.
Simmering generally uses a higher temperature for cooking, and because it surrounds the food in water that maintains a more or less constant temperature, simmering cooks food very evenly.
A low-level armed rebellion has been simmering in the province since Indonesia took control of the resource-rich region after a controversial United Nations-backed referendum in 1969.
And I think that is what we look at as a slow civil war simmering violence.
And with Eurovision set to arrive, the feeling that has been simmering away in the local scene is only set to benefit if it gets the attention it deserves alongside the main events.
And yes, Kate is understandably struggling with her simmering attraction to David Gyasi's unsettlingly debonair British foreign secretary Austin Dennison.
Bawku, in Ghana’s Upper East region, faces a simmering ethnic dispute that often flares into violence, as well as spillover risk from the neighbouring jihadist conflict.
Conflict has been simmering for decades in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where Wosornu said more than 130 armed groups are fighting mainly for control of land and mines though some groups are trying to protect their communities.
Contrastingly, as the passionate Moon in your philosophy zone awakens simmering Chiron in your finance sector, you might be embarrassed if a listener starts prying into whether you put your money where your mouth is.
Denver District Court should likewise shun the temptation to engage in legal gymnastics which, if successful, would play into Trump’s narrative that elections are rigged and throw gas on the simmering flames of political polarization.
Genuine concern about Harrison’s status was mingled with a long-simmering resentment toward these women who seemed to look down on their laboring neighbors.
He had simmering anger that boiled over into acute rage, he said.
Hot pot restaurants offer a simmering soup base at the table with a variety of items available for customers to dunk and cook in the broth.
I don’t know if Russ is cooked, but he’s damn sure simmering.
I still remember being called over to help taste and season a simmering dish.
It also hints at something loftier even than true love, and affirms the film’s simmering theme — that there is nothing so intimate as saving another person’s life.
It’s the latter kind that concerns a simmering violence that, if you squint hard enough, you could pretend isn’t even there.
Last week, Zanu PF deployed Politburo member, Lovemore Matuke, who is secretary for security, to Midlands to deal with the simmering tensions but the meetings were poorly attended.
Mooney reportedly started the resulting fracas, the result of a simmering feud.
Police reports reviewed by LAMag show a long-simmering hatred between the men, who lived within a block of one another—that brought allegations of drive-by shootings on both sides.
Common combinations with simmering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- been simmering 15×
- the simmering 15×
- simmering in 14×
- of simmering 11×
- simmering tensions 9×
- simmering for 7×
- is simmering 7×
- simmering discontent 4×
- simmering water 4×
- and simmering 4×