ember

Example Sentences

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"There were embers falling everywhere. It was terrifying," cattle farmer Scott Purcell told ABC.

From Barron's

If firefighters hadn’t been ordered to leave a New Year’s Day fire before all the embers were extinguished, would flames have flared up on the same spot amid hurricane-force winds on Jan. 7, 2025?

From Los Angeles Times

“You could see the embers flying everywhere. It was very chaotic.”

From Los Angeles Times

I asked around and found a fire ecologist who has been studying the McNally fire almost since the embers went out.

From Los Angeles Times

He stayed in his truck outside the affordable senior complex, trying to keep an eye on things: warding off looters, putting out ember flare-ups, responding to flooding when the building’s sprinklers finally burst back on.

From Los Angeles Times