smoldering remains

Example Sentences

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Investigations traced the outbreak of the wildfire in April 2022 under extremely dry conditions to hidden, smoldering remains of a prescribed burn of forest debris commissioned by the Forest Service earlier in the winter.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

“Most of the community of Lincoln Heights is gone,” Greene said Saturday, describing a scene of eerie quiet as smoke hung over the smoldering remains of the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2022

A former police lieutenant-turned-lawyer on Thursday admitted cheating a fellow officer of $900,000 he was due after working at the smoldering remains of the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2020

This is, of course, similar to setting your own house on fire and, as you stand in the smoldering remains, declaring yourself a very stable genius for remembering how to dial 911.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2020

Over her head, he can see the smoldering remains of door frames glow and fade with the passage of the breeze.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr