This tendency may help explain why outbreaks in some rural areas have smouldered undetected for months. |
Suddenly history smouldered, warmed up, caught fire and burned into my consciousness. |
Even when the water cannon finally beat back the flames, timbers smoked and embers smouldered until rain finally fell. |
Doreen Ghiloni, 82, used it as a hot water bottle but it smouldered, filling her home with smoke. |
Despite these efforts and the relative setback of 15 December, in Milan, the fire still smouldered. |
She smouldered in a floor length gem-encrusted crimson gown and Tango-coloured mohair evening wrap, while the model modelled the flimsiest of fur halter tops. |