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- noun the
smoldering orglowing remains of afire - noun Plural form of
ember .
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Examples
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After the celebration folks would take embers from the bonfire to their homes to relight the fires in their own hearths.
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Save the prunings for a welcome bonfire and enjoy the end of the day with chestnuts in embers and the last of the season's potatoes.
Gardening jobs for November Dan Pearson 2010
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Brough said investigators believe the first fire was human caused because it started in city open space and that the second one was sparked by embers from the first.
Boulder Wildfires Prompting Evacuations (VIDEO, PHOTOS) AP 2010
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You need to stay out in the wood for about 3 years Brian … writing only with the burnt embers from the fires you build to keep warm.
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For what breathes the oxygenating energy of the spirit's revival across the transformation from "— r embers" to "r (em) embers" is a phonemic distention not unlike that which, in
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He had taken a shovelful of embers from the fire, and now he tossed them at her so that she had to dance about to escape the sparks.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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Loved it, cinematography was really good, and I loved the dream sequence with his wife, the ash falling and her in embers.
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Peace seemed to have taken possession of the place, and Jasmine's stillness as she sat by the fire staring into the embers was a part of it.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Peace seemed to have taken possession of the place, and Jasmine's stillness as she sat by the fire staring into the embers was a part of it.
The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897
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There was even smoke or fog coming off from the castle and eventually the "embers" died down and then the fireworks on the bridge started.
Heidelberg Janelle Johnson 2009
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