Example Sentences

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The regulator said flaring - the process of burning off excess gas, or venting of unignited gas - accounted for about a fifth of all emissions from the North Sea's oil and gas production.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023

That the dark central portion of the flame consists chiefly of unignited gas may be shown in various ways, in addition to the evidence afforded by its complete transparency.

From Gas Burners Old and New by Merriman, Owen

Imagine, if you can, my feelings as the flint came down and was shivered to pieces while the priming remained unignited.

From Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk

The blindness of contempt is more hopeless than the blindness of ignorance; for contempt kills the light which ignorance merely leaves unignited.

From Creative Unity by Tagore, Rabindranath

Sometimes his descending bough hit the fire and sometimes it struck the unignited leaves.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.