Examples of firewood in a Sentence
They chopped enough firewood to last the winter.
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The fear of rape remains for women who leave the camps for firewood or other needs.
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Sam Mednick, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
Veterans arrived en mass to Standing Rock, bringing a massive amount of supplies including winter clothing, food and firewood by the truckload.
—Seiji Yamashita, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
This requires us to go through the forest every year after harvest and create burn piles with all the fallen wood that is too small for firewood.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The inspiration to make the firewood into a business, too, came from a friend.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
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Sam Mednick, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
Veterans arrived en mass to Standing Rock, bringing a massive amount of supplies including winter clothing, food and firewood by the truckload.
—Seiji Yamashita, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
This requires us to go through the forest every year after harvest and create burn piles with all the fallen wood that is too small for firewood.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The inspiration to make the firewood into a business, too, came from a friend.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firewood. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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firewood
noun
fire·wood
-ˌwu̇d 
: wood cut for fuel
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