Example Sentences

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The swirling dust coated the bulbs in the light stanchions, making for a cindery darkness with the night now all the way in.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019

SAT Tastes from 9 craft breweries and 1 cindery at 10 locations, 5-8 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2016

But last week Bonilla was breathing the free, cindery air of Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

The age of the bones was determined from radioactive dating of a layer of cindery volcanic debris near the fossils.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mirage-gray at the bottom of their granite canyons, the hot streets wavered in the sun, the car tops sizzled and glittered, and the dry, cindery dust blew into my eyes and down my throat.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath