pyres
Example Sentences
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Horses were often included on early Anglo-Saxon cremation pyres as a sign of status.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
The 13 bodies were carried on Sunday to the banks of the Bheri River and placed on pyres made of stacked wood.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
Along the great crescent sweep of the river, smoke billowed from the pyres that burn night and day.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
The coffins were placed on pyres newly built from bricks and dressed with flowers and black and white decorative cloth.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2022
He shuddered, thinking of funeral pyres burning on the surface of the water, of red lights in the deep.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
