ashes

Example Sentences

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Tsang said that "some remains have already been reduced to ashes" and that it was possible that some of the people reported missing will not be recovered.

From Barron's

Mogadishu is rising, literally, from the ashes of decades of war.

From Barron's

The palms are kept in places of honor in many homes for a year, when they’re traditionally burned to make ashes for the Ash Wednesday celebrations that mark the beginning of Lent.

From Seattle Times

Some say it is because Trump fancies himself a messiah like David Koresh, who died in the ashes of Waco.

From Salon

Most families now house ashes inside columbariums, structures that can store thousands of cremation urns inside a small space.

From New York Times