burning

Example Sentences

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That is, with a strange exception: The technology to allow the world to quintuple its coal consumption, such as burning coal in cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Loud trucks kept passing and honking their horns, leaving a smell of burning diesel fuel in their wake.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Another possibility is that the clouds evaporate as they move into temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees, similar to morning fog burning away on Earth but under far more extreme conditions.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Make sure to stir occasionally to avoid burning the tofu pieces.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

It was burning merrily in a nest of unscythed dry grass.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck