firewood
Example Sentences
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Despite the ongoing dangers he and his wife are trying their best to create a festive atmosphere, gathering firewood to bake cakes on their stove.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
Warner recommends checking outdoor areas carefully before gardening or reaching into brush or firewood piles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
The enduring image is of a woman in a dirt-floored palm-leaf hut cooking with firewood.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
When natural gas replaced firewood and coal, for instance, home heating was improved.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
He decorates the monastery’s clock in exchange for firewood.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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