How to Use burn away in a Sentence

burn away

phrasal verb

• By now, 8:30 A.M., the mist has burned away; the sun gleams above the cypress trees.
  — Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• The bonfire is cleansing and meant to burn away all the bad and evil.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
• The inn’s top floor is charred with large sections burnt away.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
• An advancing fire burns away stalks from the top down so only the base of the plant remains.
  — John Riha, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
• It’s even guaranteed to endure a drop of up to 15 feet if the floor beneath it burns away.
  — Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023
• Inessential layers had been burned away, and new and lasting glazes baked in.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
• According to Clement, the dead would face tests in which their remaining sins were burned away, as iron is forged in the fire.
  — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
• Then, when the afternoon sun burns away the mist, verdant green hills appear.
  — Leah Feiger, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2023
• Part of the page has burned away entirely, and the right half of what remains is almost totally black.
  — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
• As the skin on his chest burned away and his hair singed, one of the boys performed CPR on his lifeless body, and Rogers had an out-of-body experience.
  — David Begnaud, Analisa Novak, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• To create the viral video moment, set the wafer paper on fire, then watch the top image burn away, revealing the image on the frosting sheet.
  — Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2024
• White fat is much harder to lose, but brown fat is much more accessible and therefore is easier for the body to burn away.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• But by the end, any gloss of confusion is mostly burned away, and you’re left all too aware that what this movie is talking about is no American fiction.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
• According to Hurt, the part of the cake that burns away is wafer paper, while the image that is revealed is made from an edible image that is more like a chewy fondant.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
• Peer helps identify bodies whose DNA has been burned away by heat that surpassed 700 degrees Celsius.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The company uses electrolysis to remove the oxides from iron ore, instead of the standard method which uses coke, a form of coal, to burn away the oxygen.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
• Wildfires, fueled by record temperatures and a summer drought, burned away much of Russia's wheat harvest, spurring the Kremlin to halt exports.
  — Evan Fraser, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2011
• Let the flames or high temperatures burn away as much detritus as possible.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 July 2023
• This heat shield for the Artemis 2 will gradually burn away upon reentry to the atmosphere, protecting the astronauts in the capsule behind it.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2023
• The good news is, emphasizing muscle building will spark some habits and physiological responses that may help burn away some unwanted fat.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• Where the vegetation burns away, the black surface will increase the soil temperature, activating perennial grasses and promoting resprouting.
  — Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024