burning

Example Sentences

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When AFP visited, explosions rang repeatedly through the burning hot air, as blasts split stone for mining.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Loud trucks kept passing and honking their horns, leaving a smell of burning diesel fuel in their wake.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

“It’s a risk multiplier for the already elevated chances we now have for extreme events due to the burning of fossil fuels,” Watkins said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Another possibility is that the clouds evaporate as they move into temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees, similar to morning fog burning away on Earth but under far more extreme conditions.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

There had been a great burning flash—he had been knocked to the ground by it, sand in his eyes and mouth—and a single moment’s pause; and then the whole Earth shook.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell