How to Use ember in a Sentence

ember

noun
  • Red-hot embers were swirling all around their house.
    Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There was a rusty barrel half full of wood embers.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But what caused these stellar embers to wax and wane?
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Oh, there was some life in the dying embers.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Manning’s play so far has stoked the embers of doubt.
    Jim Vertuno, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
  • As the fire dims to embers, a thousand eyes open above me.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • To the ember that never goes out.
    Essence, 15 Sep. 2025
  • To the ember that never goes out.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Some items are licked by flames, others are buried in embers.
    Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • So these are the embers of envy.
    CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Get one before the embers die out.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
  • Get one before the embers die out.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The last ember of Rope A winked out.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The last ember of Rope A winked out.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The eerie wind stirred the stump holes and swirled embers into the air.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Smoke and embers blowing away from school.
    Jose Fabian, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • If all goes right, dust will become an ember and your fire will be born.
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Second, winds sweep down from the north and breathe new life on the embers.
    Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • One never knows which ember will land in the right spot to set it all ablaze.
    Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • And the wind will then carry the embers from the hot spots and just spread it.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Jan. 2025
  • And that these flying embers can come from a fire that is a mile or more away?
    The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Most put out a warm glow, one that reminds me of the embers of a camp fire.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2020
  • But wee moons, it was thought, should have lost their meager embers long ago.
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
  • While there isn’t a full-fledged fire blazing, there are some embers there.
    Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2018
  • Once one roof caught fire, embers jumped from roof to roof, spreading the fire.
    Tony Rizzo Lisa Gutierrez Katy Bergen Steve Vockrodt Ian Cummings [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected], kansascity, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Flaming palm fronds heaved back and forth across the frame, and embers streaked the air.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Something as simple as a seal around a garage door can keep embers out.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The embers are still hot, and winds continue to fan the flames.
    Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
  • After a fire there’s an ash tray to dump the embers safely.
    Simon Heptinstall december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Each fled in a chaotic scramble last week as the winds and embers picked up.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025

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