soot

Example Sentences

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Under this hypothesis, the blasts ignited widespread fires that filled the atmosphere with smoke, soot, and dust.

From Science Daily

Abandoned for years, it is scarred by soot from a 2014 fire that gutted parts of the structure.

From BBC

The Environmental Protection Agency in 2024 had strengthened limits on fine particulate matter, including soot, which can lead to health problems including strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.

From Barron's

Her family’s house on Los Robles was her foundation of stability, but lingering damage from smoke, soot and ash — and the intransigence of agencies charged with removing it — makes going home impossible.

From Los Angeles Times

Alexander and Beowulf each blacked an eye with candle soot, for they knew Boris and Constantin fought like two cats in a bag, as the saying goes, and often sported such bruises.

From Literature