cinders
Example Sentences
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Life savings, memories and livelihoods: all cinders within hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 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
Five firefighters who were protecting Pomonal sustained minor burns from cinders on Tuesday night when the fire changed direction and burnt over their truck, officials said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Smoke obscured the vision and cinders drifted into the house, into our beds, into our kitchen, into our food; and a tarlike smell was always in the air.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
