Nonetheless, the pressure to regain old tax breaks simmered quietly among corporations and industry associations.
In some of these brain kettles the ideas bubble over, in others they just simmer quietly.
Arrogant in her righteousness, ever stirring pots that were better left to simmer quietly.
Kori'nh knew that a million deep thoughts simmered quietly beneath the leader's calm face, ideas far beyond his own comprehension.
The strings simmer quietly underneath.
The notion that some people are hyperinfective, spewing germs out like teakettles while others simmer quietly like stew pots, has been around for at least a century, ever since Typhoid Mary became notorious in 1907 [Page 6].
At the same time, he quietly simmered with resentment.
Dinner simmered quietly on the stove.
Her human father and cousins tended to simmer quietly, though repressed anger could often be more damaging than that which was immediately expressed.
She frowned at him, her temper beginning to simmer quietly as his words sank in.