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

If he does, his friends assure him he .will not be a burnt offering on the altar of the national ticket.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two of the largest turkeys had been boiled, and laid out on great dishes with an abundant coating of melted butter, and a huge roll of roasted beef was served up as a burnt offering.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various