soot-covered
Example Sentences
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When a Wall Street Journal team visited the plant recently following the latest bombardment, workers moved through soot-covered halls with flashlights to examine the severely damaged facility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
It was the soot-covered swans, so dark they almost looked black, that first struck Gabriella Asad when she arrived at the Lake Shrine on the second day of the fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025
Scanning the rubble, Ali caught sight of a pink, soot-covered pair of girls’ tracksuit bottoms, hanging from a steel girder jutting out of the heap.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
That day, as the rickety cage elevator surfaced, a group of soot-covered faces emerged, only to be replaced by a waiting group of men ready to go below.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
