Explore Smouldered through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Smouldered meaning
simple past and past participle of smoulder
Using Smouldered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of smoulder
Context around Smouldered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smouldered
- In this selection, "smouldered" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, months, fire and news stand out and add context to how "smouldered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ban months smouldered on and and failed and smouldered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smouldered" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smouldered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He narrowed his piercing blue eyes – normally it never failed – and smouldered. (12 words)
But the hosepipe ban months smouldered on and India arrived, led by the (pre-disgrace) Mohammad Azharuddin and including the young Sachin Tendulkar. (23 words)
Celebrities across raised alarm, the Brazilian government deployed thousands of troops, and the smoke from the fire smouldered news screens the world over. (23 words)
But the hosepipe ban months smouldered on and India arrived, led by the (pre-disgrace) Mohammad Azharuddin and including the young Sachin Tendulkar. (23 words)
Celebrities across raised alarm, the Brazilian government deployed thousands of troops, and the smoke from the fire smouldered news screens the world over. (23 words)
He narrowed his piercing blue eyes – normally it never failed – and smouldered. (12 words)
Example sentences (3)
But the hosepipe ban months smouldered on and India arrived, led by the (pre-disgrace) Mohammad Azharuddin and including the young Sachin Tendulkar.
Celebrities across raised alarm, the Brazilian government deployed thousands of troops, and the smoke from the fire smouldered news screens the world over.
He narrowed his piercing blue eyes – normally it never failed – and smouldered.