ash
Example Sentences
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“They were meeting on their driveways, literally on top of ash and debris, bringing folding chairs.”
From Los Angeles Times
We stopped in a small clearing, in front of an old, abandoned outhouse, weathered to the color of ashes and looking like a gust of wind would knock it flat.
From Literature
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High volcanic mountains capped with plumes of smoke and ash were feeding fire to the sky.
From Literature
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I chuckled to myself as I prized my new crockery out of the ashes with sticks.
From Literature
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There was no ash falling like misplaced snow.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.