ash

Example Sentences

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Bone ash apartments are empty properties which are turned into ritual halls by family members of the deceased.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Scientists were able to determine the age of the fossils because they were preserved between two distinct layers of volcanic ash inside the cave.

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

She was a little hungry, and bread with salt, while far less satisfying, was the only thing that Clara and she could eat that didn’t turn to ash in their mouths.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny