burning

Example Sentences

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As expected, the body quickly shifted from burning glucose to burning fat within the first two to three days of fasting.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Coal emits around double the amount of carbon dioxide as burning natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

His mistake was to try to destroy a man whose greatest nemesis was himself, and that singular, burning focus of Mozart’s earned him immortality regardless of what his haters threw at him.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Pure-play quantum computing companies are burning cash and trade on sentiment, with none yet profitable, leading to highly varied stock performance.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The rising sun was quickly burning off the fog, and if Clare squinted his one good eye, the mounds of trash almost looked like the rolling hills of a multicolored countryside.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman