ember

Example Sentences

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Firefighters continued to douse the building with water to cool the structure and prevent embers from re-igniting.

From Barron's

In their hands, these autumnal songs have the warmth of well-tended embers.

From New York Times

The undersides of the bricks were discolored, indicating that they had been set atop the still-smoldering embers.

From New York Times

The latest findings from officialdom on partygate have "revived the embers" too, according to a former cabinet minister.

From BBC

Indeed, as playwright Nathan Alan Davis lays out his thesis, the scars of the horror it details scald all the more, as the embers of century-old violence and injustice smolder, to this day.

From Washington Post