burned
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Over the years, countries have become steadily more energy-efficient, squeezing more economic activity out of each drop of oil or cubic meter of natural gas burned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
Fragments of bags, clothes, and a melted shoe lie half-buried in the charred earth at the site, alongside dead trees with burned trunks.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
METs measure how many calories are burned during physical activity compared with resting.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
My mother had burned herself at the stove lots of times.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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