pyre

Example Sentences

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Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

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

It is thought the objects may have been burnt on a funerary pyre before being buried, though no human remains were found.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 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

“The great dust sea, it’s called in the tales. What else but the Elmuthaleth? And the funeral pyre the size of a moon?”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor