Examples of firewood in a Sentence
They chopped enough firewood to last the winter.
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People mostly hibernate in their wood-and-tin houses, burning firewood to brave the freezing cold.
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
The egg masses — which are small and gray, and protected by a waxy coating — are placed in sheltered areas of trees, buildings, firewood, outdoor furniture, lawn equipment and rocks.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
Milk+ Bold is a decadent marshmallow-meets-warm-milk scent with some grounding resinous notes, like firewood and amber.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
The camp had no sanitation system, no barracks, no clothing allocations, and scant rations distributed uncooked to men without pans or utensils or firewood.
—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
The egg masses — which are small and gray, and protected by a waxy coating — are placed in sheltered areas of trees, buildings, firewood, outdoor furniture, lawn equipment and rocks.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
Milk+ Bold is a decadent marshmallow-meets-warm-milk scent with some grounding resinous notes, like firewood and amber.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
The camp had no sanitation system, no barracks, no clothing allocations, and scant rations distributed uncooked to men without pans or utensils or firewood.
—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firewood. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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firewood
noun
fire·wood
-ˌwu̇d 
: wood cut for fuel
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