Example Sentences

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The dying embers of earnings season also kept investors busy.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Communications between firefighters and state officials showed that protecting endangered plant species from firefighting equipment took priority over ensuring the embers were fully extinguished.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Jump forward 400-odd appearances, Coleman is now in the dying embers of his career but his place as an Everton legend is secure.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The combination creates a vortex effect, which pulls hot ash, embers and debris into a spinning column.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

The glowing embers drifted down slowly, gently, dying sizzling deaths on the surface of the water, and Akira got a sinking feeling in her stomach.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz