embers
Example Sentences
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The combination creates a vortex effect, which pulls hot ash, embers and debris into a spinning column.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
In fire-prone areas, Cal Fire and local fire departments already enforce defensible space rules, and building codes require home hardening like covering vents with mesh to prevent embers from entering the house.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
They added that four floors of the building appeared to still be standing, with embers of the blaze visible inside them.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
“We are blowing on the embers of hope.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
The men knocked the embers into a long, glowing line and began to walk over them as though it were a path.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
