How to Use ember in a Sentence

ember

noun

• The embers in the grate have long gone cold, and when Thomas gets back he’ll be drenched.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
• As the fire turned to embers, Tony walked us to our rooms, one by one.
  — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2018
• Second, winds sweep down from the north and breathe new life on the embers.
  — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Most put out a warm glow, one that reminds me of the embers of a camp fire.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2020
• This notch will allow the dust to pour out and create a place for the ember to form.
  — Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
• The Parthenon glowed at eye level, a pile of orange ember in the sky.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• One never knows which ember will land in the right spot to set it all ablaze.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
• But so fierce was the wind that the embers traveled across the hills, causing fires up to 13 miles away.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
• The ferocity of the winds sent embers swirling through the air.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• As the meat cooks, don't add any more wood, but let the flames die down so the embers are cooking the venison.
  — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 13 Jan. 2020
• Ray's house fire was caused by a fire ember that came out of the home's chimney and landed on the roof.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2021
• Ashley Barnes came off the bench late on to settle the contest in the dying embers of the game.
  — SI.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• The game looked to be heading for a draw, that was until the dying embers.
  — SI.com, 4 May 2018
• To help kick the new year off on a fragrant note, Febreze has announced ember as its scent of the year.
  — Danielle Harling, House Beautiful, 20 Feb. 2022
• The fire sizzles down to embers, casting the area in a hazy orange glow.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• That can easily take an ember and pull it across the line...
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
• Australia was ablaze, and the embers had barely cooled in the Amazon.
  — Mary Annaïse Heglar, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
• And the flames and the embers are fully contained within the robot.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
• The spark guard keeps embers from flying out of the fire bowl while still allowing a clear view of the flames.
  — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
• The names of some teams kept—and still keep—Lost Cause embers smoldering.
  — Diane Roberts, The New Republic, 6 Nov. 2019
• The devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the darkness.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
• While there isn’t a full-fledged fire blazing, there are some embers there.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2018
• If all goes right, dust will become an ember and your fire will be born.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2020
• Walk to the ocean and get a bucket of water to put all the embers out, Eras recommends.
  — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The metal roof likely helped impede one of the main ways that a fire spreads: from embers.
  — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024
• The flames are now throwing embers hundreds of feet into the air and across the river.
  — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• The throngs on Market Street surged, blowing by in the streets like embers from a great bonfire.
  — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2023
• But wee moons, it was thought, should have lost their meager embers long ago.
  — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
• Place the Dutch oven on the fire, and using a small fireplace shovel, place embers atop the lid to cook the biscuits from above.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
• The Vikings were an anemic 2-for-10 on third downs and didn’t score until the game’s dying embers.
  — Seattle Times Sports Staff, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024