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
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
But when the time came for the festival’s grand finale, the burning and explosion of the snowman atop a pyre, high winds kicked up and the ceremony was scuttled for safety reasons.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 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
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