How to Use ember in a Sentence

ember

noun

• The game looked to be heading for a draw, that was until the dying embers.
  — SI.com, 4 May 2018
• All because an ember flitted away from a circle of stones.
  — Dennis Wagner, azcentral, 5 May 2018
• The cause was burning embers from the buildings under construction on fire.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 5 May 2018
• The roof eventually collapsed, and hours later, embers from the fire still burned.
  — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 9 May 2018
• In nearly every frame, embers blow sideways through the glowing orange sky.
  — Fox News, 20 May 2018
• Floating embers had fallen through holes in the roof of that vacant home, spreading the fire, officials said.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 3 May 2018
• Place the Dutch oven on the fire, and using a small fireplace shovel, place embers atop the lid to cook the biscuits from above.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
• Fires burn while staff shift embers, moving whole, slowly charring carcasses of pork and beef, attached to iron cross spits or atop vast grills.
  — Sorrel Moseley-Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2018
• Hurricane-force winds blew embers from the park into Gatlinburg and downed power lines, sparking more fires.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2018
• Foods with tougher skins and lower sugar contents (potatoes, cabbages) can withstand direct contact with embers.
  — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 26 May 2018
• Being careful not to disturb the embers, use a fireplace hook to carefully lift the lid every five minutes or so to see if the biscuits are golden brown and cooked through.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
• In western New Mexico, gusty winds fanned a wildfire that has burned 38 square miles of forest, blowing embers past containment lines and starting spot fires.
  — Fox News, 1 June 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Sparks or embers can blow into leaves or grass, ignite a fire and quickly spread.
  — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2024
• Mesh screens can prevent the accumulation of debris and embers under the deck.
  — Bryce Young Christopher Moran, WIRED, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024