firewood

Example Sentences

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When we arrived back in Serbia with no further travel plans for the first time in a decade, I found an abandoned kitten under a pile of firewood in our shed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Warner recommends checking outdoor areas carefully before gardening or reaching into brush or firewood piles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Even in more affluent parts of the capital, Havana, people have been cooking with firewood during the blackouts.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

According to a 2019 study by the Nairobi-based African Forest Forum, Sudan had already lost nearly half of its forested land since 1960 due to agricultural expansion, firewood collection and overgrazing.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

To help, Ku-Ang gathered firewood to sell to other villagers.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin