How to Use ember in a Sentence

ember

noun

• The embers in the grate have long gone cold, and when Thomas gets back he’ll be drenched.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
• The next day, his bones were carried out in the embers.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
• As the fire turned to embers, Tony walked us to our rooms, one by one.
  — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2018
• Second, winds sweep down from the north and breathe new life on the embers.
  — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Most put out a warm glow, one that reminds me of the embers of a camp fire.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2020
• This notch will allow the dust to pour out and create a place for the ember to form.
  — Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
• The Parthenon glowed at eye level, a pile of orange ember in the sky.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• One never knows which ember will land in the right spot to set it all ablaze.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
• But so fierce was the wind that the embers traveled across the hills, causing fires up to 13 miles away.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
• The ferocity of the winds sent embers swirling through the air.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• Santa Ana winds blew embers into the field west of the fire.
  — Ramona Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2017
• As the meat cooks, don't add any more wood, but let the flames die down so the embers are cooking the venison.
  — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 13 Jan. 2020
• Ray's house fire was caused by a fire ember that came out of the home's chimney and landed on the roof.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2021
• Ashley Barnes came off the bench late on to settle the contest in the dying embers of the game.
  — SI.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• The game looked to be heading for a draw, that was until the dying embers.
  — SI.com, 4 May 2018
• To help kick the new year off on a fragrant note, Febreze has announced ember as its scent of the year.
  — Danielle Harling, House Beautiful, 20 Feb. 2022
• The fire sizzles down to embers, casting the area in a hazy orange glow.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• That can easily take an ember and pull it across the line...
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
• Australia was ablaze, and the embers had barely cooled in the Amazon.
  — Mary Annaïse Heglar, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
• And the flames and the embers are fully contained within the robot.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
• The spark guard keeps embers from flying out of the fire bowl while still allowing a clear view of the flames.
  — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
• The names of some teams kept—and still keep—Lost Cause embers smoldering.
  — Diane Roberts, The New Republic, 6 Nov. 2019
• The devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the darkness.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
• The still hot embers of that firestorm will test Atkins’ new leadership of the Senate.
  — John Myers, latimes.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• While there isn’t a full-fledged fire blazing, there are some embers there.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2018
• If all goes right, dust will become an ember and your fire will be born.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2020
• Some items are licked by flames, others are buried in embers.
  — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
• Walk to the ocean and get a bucket of water to put all the embers out, Eras recommends.
  — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The embers ignited everything in their path: trees, fences and the new plants and bark mulch Phil and Margaret had added just a few days before.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
• When most animals are fleeing from wildfires, these insects fly toward the flames, copulate among the embers, and lay eggs.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024