noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the embers of a fire (= pieces of wood, coal etc that have almost been completely burned )
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He stared at the glowing embers of the fire.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dying
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Left alone, Breeze crouched over the dying embers and tried to realize that this was Christmas Eve.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A big bed of embers still gleamed in the kitchen chimney, under an iron pot hung from an ancient crane.
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Bethany inhaled deeply and made the embers glow.
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He poked at the embers beneath it with a stick.
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Ruptured gas lines resulted in fires that gutted entire communities of wooden houses, leaving behind smoldering embers resembling a bomb site.
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Some one stood carelessly among the embers, as if having his flesh charred was the least of his worries.
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The twins stood over it, stirring the last embers with their feet.
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To his horror he realised his hand was lying in the embers.