burning

Example Sentences

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The fire was burning in an area with “flashy fuel,” the spokesperson said, and fire officials were sending several ground and air resources to keep the fire from spreading.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Judit is “caged in her senses . . . a burning stone prison.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Tuchel will rightly say Uruguay and Japan are the tough tests England required to tune up for the World Cup, but the burning question is still the same and has not been answered.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They started burning and smoking at the same time.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls