embers
Example Sentences
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It’s an indication that decades of efforts to clear flammable plants around homes and fortify their exteriors against flames, heat and embers are being outpaced by increasingly extreme wildfire behavior and construction in fire-prone areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Light morning rain boosted that outlook, though firefighters remained wary given previous flare-ups from smouldering embers in the devastated land, covering a bigger area than the island of Malta.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
He said residents should pour water on loose embers if close to their properties and "don't hesitate to call 999" if they catch something alight.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Even when Fuki gets away from the city, the camera lingers on her watching a campfire’s dying embers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Then Frank Wild tapped the embers from his pipe and stood up to recite “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
