Example Sentences

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Inevitably, Shelton says the band are going to end up making music that nobody enjoys, because they’ll have burnt out all of our receptors to the things that people like about us.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

While he may have burnt bridges with influential boxing people down to a crisp, Eubank is perfectly capable of single-handedly promoting a fight.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

Indeed, over the past decade, almost two million hectares of land have burnt to a crisp.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

Prey has been hard to come by: Wildfires have burnt through the brush, and bison and other grazers have all but disappeared.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2023

I have burnt the candle in the middle.

From The Man with the Double Heart by Hine, Muriel