burnable

Example Sentences

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While the creations from independent L.A. brand Lucky Star Candle are technically burnable, I prefer to display them around my house like beautiful wax sculptures whose sole purpose is alighting aesthetic pleasure within me.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

If all burnable material on the ground has been removed, a fire should run out of fuel when it reaches a fireline.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

Question marks dot the landscape of burnable bushes and pushable boulders, with entire regions left unrevealed.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

Across burnable lands globally, the annual number of flammable nighttime hours increased by 110 hours over the past four decades — allowing five additional nights when flammability does not cease, the study stated.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022

Unburnable solid trash goes without saying, but burnable trash is no different: even after burning, the gaseous part disperses in the atmosphere, and the ashes still remain.

From Down with the Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi