charcoal
Example Sentences
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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
I had a cooker that used charcoal and made a hot fire.
From Literature
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In the part of the forest they control, he and other Romee youngsters heave logs to be burned and turned into charcoal, then sent by canoe to the provincial capital Kisangani.
From Barron's
Media manipulation has become, in contemporary art, almost as common as charcoal drawing was a century-and-a-half ago.
Solar has increased since early 2026 among those who can afford it -- while others turn to charcoal or cook over open fires.
From Barron's
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