hot coal
Example Sentences
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For locals, the major source of heat is the kanger, a pot filled with hot coal embers tucked inside their pheran, a traditional knee-length cloak.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
There was no immediate word on why people at the event walked over hot coal.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2022
Singapore is a city for insomniacs and hedonists, for those who chase exotic flavors and know to find them hiding in plain sight under fluorescent lights or sizzling on roadside hot coal fires.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2019
He has positioned himself in the corner, in the shadows, and he shakes hands in a manner that suggests he’s picking up a hot coal.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2016
In a fluster of self-consciousness he turned his back, dropped a hot coal into the nest of charcoal in the furnace and began to blow on it vigorously.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
