Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Smothery; suffocating.
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Examples
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Until I saw Shannen staring us down from across the dance floor, all smoldery in a slate gray dress and major eye makeup.
She’s So Dead to Us Kieran Scott 2010
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Until I saw Shannen staring us down from across the dance floor, all smoldery in a slate gray dress and major eye makeup.
She’s So Dead to Us Kieran Scott 2010
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And it's going to be a smoldery event for a lot of people.
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Natasha's smoldery eyes and pouting smile were everywhere, on television, in the newspapers, on every pole, and in every storefront.
Brannon's Choice Browne, Richard W 2001
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Raven demanded angrily, her eyes turning smoldery.
Faun & Games Anthony, Piers 1997
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In the "Star Wars" saga, Luke Skywalker hailed from such a world, Tatooine, where he paused from work on his uncle's moisture farm to enjoy a smoldery suns-set.
NYT > Home Page By DIANE ACKERMAN 2011
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