cinders

Example Sentences

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“If we have to take helicopters out of an area and the wind catches one of those cinders in that area and lifts it up, we could ignite a whole other area,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 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

Leonard tried but couldn’t leave Lahaina in his Jeep, so he scrambled to the ocean and hid behind the seawall for hours, dodging hot ash and cinders blowing everywhere.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

She tries to slide but the snow is too soft, not icy enough, and there are cinders and pieces of gravel in it.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood