ashes
Example Sentences
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Prized vinyl records and vintage audio equipment are nothing more than a blank mush, speckled with ashes and broken pieces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
If Lisa opened the box at the wrong moment, the ashes would fly right back into her face — and in this moment, we were not going for comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
After Scott, a Vietnam War veteran, died in August 2013 at age 58, Bare scattered his ashes on her property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The 18-year-old told the BBC she barely escaped with her mother's ashes before she saw the fire breach her property.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Next to her, still pluming with smoke, was a pile of the demon’s ashes.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
