pyres
Example Sentences
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The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, and the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The funeral pyres were extinguished as the sun set.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023
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
Once gathered into towering pyres, the vegetation is then set ablaze, sending lung- and heart-aggravating haze across the valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
From the pyres of the dead rose black columns of smoke and white-hot ashes.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
