burn

Example Sentences

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The devastation was stunning: government ministries, banks and towering office blocks stood blackened and burned.

From BBC

The reason is that these fires do not only burn trees.

From Science Daily

My face is burning as I stand there, feeling stupid.

From Literature

“Worried when it rained that the thatch would leak, worried when the sun was hot that the thatch would burn.”

From Literature

When fires burn these temporary homes to the ground, the displaced Palestinians are often trapped.

From Los Angeles Times