ashes

Example Sentences

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She insists the ashes should remain in the house where her father lived and died.

From The Wall Street Journal

Strong Jonn lay curled up by the ashes of the fire.

From Literature

The ability to rescue victory from the jaws of defeat, to conjure three points from the ashes.

From BBC

We stopped in a small clearing, in front of an old, abandoned outhouse, weathered to the color of ashes and looking like a gust of wind would knock it flat.

From Literature

I chuckled to myself as I prized my new crockery out of the ashes with sticks.

From Literature