soot-covered
Example Sentences
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When a Wall Street Journal team visited the plant recently following the latest bombardment, workers moved through soot-covered halls with flashlights to examine the severely damaged facility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Most of their most intimate moments, in fact, take place in utter darkness, in spaces where their soot-covered bodies nevertheless stand out from the grime and grit all around them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
The shipments went on an eight-week journey and eventually arrived in an Indian port, before being driven 800 miles cross-country, to a cluster of soot-covered compounds beside a small village.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
The city owes its ultramodern look to the French colonial buildings that are juxtaposed with the dingy, soot-covered ground-level houses.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
