ash
Example Sentences
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Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The later eruption likely covered much of the North Island in meters of ash.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Reyne told Gil he knew who had done it, but Gil wouldn’t let him punish the accused camper without proof, and anything close to that had turned to ash.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
On a washing line outside, prisoners’ laundry was coated in black ash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Abruptly, he tossed the letter from his mother into the fire, where it crackled and quickly turned to ash.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
