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
Along the great crescent sweep of the river, smoke billowed from the pyres that burn night and day.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022
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
Dany’s riding clothes were stained and sooty as she stepped back from the pyres.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
