Examples of firewood in a Sentence
They chopped enough firewood to last the winter.
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Abba Adam, a 10-year-old boy, was among a group fetching firewood on March 1 and was briefly abducted before escaping.
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Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
The New Zealand anthropologist Steven Fischer has noted that the last forest was probably cut for firewood around 1640, making wood the most valuable commodity on the island.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Over the course of the 20th century, the Mulanje Mountains became the top source of firewood for cooking for almost half a million villagers surrounding the reserve, aided and abetted by what is widely described as a corrupt Malawian forestry department.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
For those striking at the gates of the SRW scrap metal plant, just outside Germany’s eastern city of Leipzig, time can be counted not just in days — 136 so far — but in the thousands of card games played, the liters of coffee imbibed and the armfuls of firewood burned.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Two days after my visit to Utah, Jenny’s father, Tom, had a heart attack while chopping firewood.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
Roth food products are now available in 12,000 grocery stores nationwide, said Roth, who began his career by selling firewood door-to-door as a teenager.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2024
In Matthew Ferrari’s terms, a dropping immunization rate means the piles of firewood are getting bigger.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
In February 2021, two men were killed on the side of the road in Platte County over a dispute centered on $200-worth of firewood.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
The New Zealand anthropologist Steven Fischer has noted that the last forest was probably cut for firewood around 1640, making wood the most valuable commodity on the island.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Over the course of the 20th century, the Mulanje Mountains became the top source of firewood for cooking for almost half a million villagers surrounding the reserve, aided and abetted by what is widely described as a corrupt Malawian forestry department.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
For those striking at the gates of the SRW scrap metal plant, just outside Germany’s eastern city of Leipzig, time can be counted not just in days — 136 so far — but in the thousands of card games played, the liters of coffee imbibed and the armfuls of firewood burned.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Two days after my visit to Utah, Jenny’s father, Tom, had a heart attack while chopping firewood.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
Roth food products are now available in 12,000 grocery stores nationwide, said Roth, who began his career by selling firewood door-to-door as a teenager.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2024
In Matthew Ferrari’s terms, a dropping immunization rate means the piles of firewood are getting bigger.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
In February 2021, two men were killed on the side of the road in Platte County over a dispute centered on $200-worth of firewood.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firewood. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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firewood
noun
fire·wood
-ˌwu̇d 
: wood cut for fuel
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