pyres
Example Sentences
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I distinctly remember the heat and fumes from 37 funeral pyres burning simultaneously under the April sun at a Delhi crematorium.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
The 13 bodies were carried on Sunday to the banks of the Bheri River and placed on pyres made of stacked wood.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023
The coffins were placed on pyres newly built from bricks and dressed with flowers and black and white decorative cloth.
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022
Once gathered into towering pyres, the vegetation is then set ablaze, sending lung- and heart-aggravating haze across the valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2022
“They don’t use pyres at the Court anymore.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
