burning
Example Sentences
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"Other places test the gold by burning it slightly, but here they test it directly and it's open and transparent," Zhao said, explaining that she trusted the automated recycler over a traditional human buyer.
From Barron's
She views footage of the Palisades fire burning in Los Angeles, lamenting the cost to "the families".
From BBC
Her voice came out high and thin and burning: “Get away from my girl!”
From Literature
The morning air is sharp with the tang of burning wood, rubber, paint, sugar— whatever was in those warehouses along the river.
From Literature
“We went from burning the flag to waving the flag,” says veteran ABC announcer Al Michaels, who delivered the live sportscast and the emphatic “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
