charcoal
Example Sentences
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The fridge lies empty, the electric stove is not working, and the only available cooking method is a small charcoal grill her husband built.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
To better understand past fire activity, researchers examined charcoal preserved in peat deposits from Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
His angular head topped with a green felt crown; his toothy mouth a sinister, grimacing gash; his eyes blackened with what looks like charcoal.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Media manipulation has become, in contemporary art, almost as common as charcoal drawing was a century-and-a-half ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Nokomis put charcoal on her face one night, sent her to bed with no food, told her to remember her dreams, if she should have any.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
