burn slowly

Frequency: 7.110.5 per million words

to burn at a low speed (fire or emotion)

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Examples (10)

  • Fresh leaves will burn slowly with billows of smoke.
  • She could sense the anger burning slowly inside him.
  • The thick candle was designed to burn slowly for hours.
  • Resentment burned slowly in his heart after the betrayal.
  • The damp log would only burn slowly, giving off little heat.
  • Her jealousy was a fire that burned slowly, consuming her from the inside.
  • We watched the incense stick burn slowly, releasing a fragrant smoke.
  • A hope for a better future burned slowly within the community.
  • Certain types of coal are valued because they burn slowly and efficiently.
  • Suspicion had been burning slowly in the detective's mind for weeks.