embers

Example Sentences

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After firefighters extinguished the Jan. 1 blaze, torrential winds reignited the embers a week later.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Jump forward 400-odd appearances, Coleman is now in the dying embers of his career but his place as an Everton legend is secure.

From BBC • May 15, 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

They’d been brown like his, but...they’d held something within them, a glow like two embers cooling in a hearth.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray