burnt offering
Example Sentences
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In the superb season finale, Kendall is like a burnt offering kindling an unexpected sea of flames.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2019
But this novel is not simply a burnt offering, a Baedeker of dread and decay.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017
As though the sheer bulk of that paper would deter me from putting it back in my wallet, and, defeated, I’d simply leave it there for you like a burnt offering on your sticky altar.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2010
Angry, because they felt that T. A. T. had publicized their discharge as a sort of burnt offering to disgruntled stockholders, Vidal & Collins saw a chance to square accounts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The burnt offering was roasted, not incinerated, and, like the Paschal lamb, was devoutly devoured.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
