ashes

Example Sentences

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“They took my ID. They took my medication. They took my tent. They took all my clothes and blankets. They took my parents’ ashes,” Varghese said.

From Los Angeles Times

The mark is made with the moistened ashes of palms that were burned after the previous year’s Palm Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal

She insists the ashes should remain in the house where her father lived and died.

From The Wall Street Journal

Strong Jonn lay curled up by the ashes of the fire.

From Literature

The ability to rescue victory from the jaws of defeat, to conjure three points from the ashes.

From BBC