How to use ember in a sentence

More sentences with ember

• The burning embers and the dry wind quickly set the whole neighbourhood alight.From the entry alight
• When the bottom of the grill firebox burned through, everybody ran over and stomped embers too keep the picnic shelter from catching fire.From the entry fire box
• That first night we spit-roasted a goat over wood we burned to embers.2015 May, Chris Fischer with Catherine Young, “High Summer”, in The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook: A Year of Cooking on Martha’s Vineyard, New…. From the entry spit-roast
• Ragged embers, horn of an anvil, hovering bellows, a tongs of function and capernosity.2008, Tom MacIntyre, Find the Lady, page 18. From the entry capernosity
• A white-hot ember glowed in the back of his mouth above his tongue, stealing his breath.2005, Allen Wyler, chapter 2, in Deadly Errors, New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry s'
• He dragged his eyes away from a blockful of dying embers and looked at the sky.1940, American Magazine - Volume 129, page 25. From the entry blockful
• Roast them in embers, and there is supper; boil them in water, and there's a breakfast ready.1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, Book 1, Ch.4, at p.34. From the entry potato
• Ember wasn't naturally much of a starwatcher.2021, Aria Noble, Lady of Dawn. From the entry starwatcher
• Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.1923, George Allan England, The Thing from—"Outside". From the entry crepitation
• The last four months, September to December, popularly referred to as the "ember months" because they end with "ember", fall into this category.2017 August 26, “‘Ember Months’ of Tragedy: Separating the Myth from the Facts”, in Leadway, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2019. From the entry ember months
• Mr Thorneycroft, 43, doused deadly embers while 20 women and children sheltered in the Kinglake National Park Hotel coolroom with their pets.2009 February 16, Cheryl Critchley, “He did it for the kids”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2009. From the entry coolroom
• And if they do not carve them in this way, or if they misproclaim feast days or ember days, then they owe three marks to the bishop.2020, Lisa Collinson, Torgeir Landro, Bertil Nilsson, The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law, page 88. From the entry misproclaim
• The face of the man was withered and blackened as by the torrefaction of a thousand flames; his beard was grey as ashes; and his eyes were expiring embers.2013, Clark Ashton Smith, Told in the Desert. From the entry torrefaction

Meaning of ember

1. noun A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
2. noun Smoldering ash.
3. adjective Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

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Questions about ember in a sentence

How do you use ember in a sentence?

Ember is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The burning embers and the dry wind quickly set the whole neighbourhood alight.”

What is a short sentence with ember?

“Ember wasn't naturally much of a starwatcher.”

What does ember mean?

Ember means a piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.