outburst

Example Sentences

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The chill of approaching dawn forced her to rebuild the outburnt fire.

From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George

Piston forces outburnt gases throughsame single valvewhich is cooledby inrush of newair as cycle repeats.

From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Meyer, Robert B.

The primordial clay claims its own from the disanimated frame; and the vanished life, like the flame of an outburnt taper, has ceased to be.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Not in illumination and insight, not even in conflagration; but, as was said, 'in dull smoke and ashes of outburnt sensualities,' does he live and digest.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas