burned
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A few phases later Sean Maitland went over in the corner, belief burned bright and a new era had arrived.
From BBC
The mark is made with the moistened ashes of palms that were burned after the previous year’s Palm Sunday.
One was the use of fire, which burned trees and shrubs.
From Science Daily
For years, the government had burned that gas off into the sky because it lacked the money and technology to use it.
Invisible sparks are flying everywhere, and I don’t want to get burned.
From Literature
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