Example Sentences

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By comparing carbon levels in burned soil with samples from nearby unburned forests, the team calculated how much carbon had been emitted.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Our car’s $3,370 premium over the standard Sport has a break-even of about 1,000 gallons of gas, left unbought and unburned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“We’re worried about the winds stirring up this 23,000-acre smoldering debris pile and casting embers on unburned brush.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

When a plane passes through cold humid air, the contrails form as the vapour from the engines condenses on unburned fuel fragments in the exhaust stream.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

Her hair, unburned, was wild once more, still crackling with the fire’s kinesis, and Sarai knew that if she touched it, it would feel like a bed of coals, and so would her bare skin.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor