coals

Example Sentences

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Before, his customers were primarily pizzerias or grilled-meat restaurants, who cook over coals; now they are families.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Why do you rake yourself over the coals for every last cent you have spent, and second-guess every move?

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

U2 got raked over the coals when their late ’80s wandering across the American West inspired “The Joshua Tree.”

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

They expect to be "drawn over the coals" and they've had enough.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

She chopped up old termite mounds and used the clay to make pots, firing them in heaps of coals.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer