pyre

Example Sentences

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Frangello writes, “I long to reach into the past and beg, ‘Don’t throw yourself on the pyre.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

He was born to pose backlit by a pyre of flaming zombies and does so here, with the hot wind tickling his locks perfectly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

Custer firefighters prepared and lighted the torches for residents to carry in a march to the pyre Saturday night in the 11th Burning Beetle fest, the Rapid City Journal reported.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

In this case, the pyre was carefully sealed beneath a raft of two dozen bricks, arranged in four rows.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

It is said that after he had been burned on the funeral pyre his bones were placed in the same urn that held those of his friend Patroclus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton