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.