cinders

Example Sentences

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In Los Angeles, alas, we were, last spring, a city of cinders.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

"I've been relieved from the burden of my stuff because it's all in cinders."

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

Burning characters to cinders does little but to flatten colonialism into a fiery spectacle.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2024

Five firefighters who were protecting Pomonal sustained minor burns from cinders on Tuesday night when the fire changed direction and burnt over their truck, officials said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

These are the days when going into any building you cross a mat of dirt and cinders led in by others before you, thinning and finally trailing off in the corridors.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles