firewood

Example Sentences

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Warner recommends checking outdoor areas carefully before gardening or reaching into brush or firewood piles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

As a result, they had to plan their grocery shopping in advance and ration their firewood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

They're already being felt every day by the families forced to cook with firewood and the drivers in urgent need of petrol.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

At one feeding center, an elderly volunteer told us he spends hours every day scavenging for firewood.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

As the child of a house servant, Alfred would have begun working as a young boy doing household chores like fetching water and firewood.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis