cinders

Example Sentences

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When he was about Theodore’s age, Read lost his grandmother in a fire and has long been haunted by the memory of walking through her house in cinders.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

"I've been relieved from the burden of my stuff because it's all in cinders."

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

Burning characters to cinders does little but to flatten colonialism into a fiery spectacle.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2024

He hid behind a seawall for hours, the wind blowing hot ash and cinders over him.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Percy winced as cinders sprayed from the river, curling around his face.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan