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present participle of burn
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of burning
Adjective
From dandruff to an itchy and burning sensation, having a dry scalp is one of the more uncomfortable beauty woes. Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024 Since consultations can be timed, prioritize your most burning questions to make the most of your session. Playtogga, The Denver Post, 29 May 2024
Verb
As some steelmakers are beginning to embrace cleaner technology, climate and clean air advocates say Nippon's plan would have slowed the transition to greener steel by extending the life of dirty, old coal-burning furnaces. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 Advertisement The burning ban stems from Senate Bill 705, legislation signed in 2003 that aimed to phase out agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley by 2010. Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for burning 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burning
Adjective
  • Use fire itself, not as a flaming wood chipper, but as a transmuting presence to which much of the landscape may already be adapted, a process that can massage the biota, not just blast it away.
    Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Flo Milli is closing out 2024 with yet another flaming hot freestyle.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
  • The art infuses the room, outfitted in warm neutrals, with rich color.
    Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Low temperatures could rise as a warm rain system crosses the Valley, Purdue said, while high temperatures are expected to remain typical.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • More than 90% of Gazans are homeless, according to the U.N., and there is an urgent need for tents and other shelters.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
  • For example, any urgent messages regarding H5N1 bird flu, which is spreading to people in the U.S., would be delayed.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Massive smoke plumes filled the sky around the Palisades fire as families evacuated not far from hillsides glowing with orange.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • When a comet approaches the Sun, the heat causes the ice in the nucleus to sublimate (turn directly from solid to gas), creating a glowing halo of gas and dust around the nucleus called the coma.
    Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Stray animals are also at risk of suffering from heat exhaustion during scorching summers.
    Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid scorching the milk.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The clip, a 53-minute visualizer posted on YouTube, shows four red stockings hanging over a blazing fireplace alongside a Christmas tree.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The clip, a 53-minute visualizer posted on YouTube, shows four red stockings hanging over a blazing fireplace alongside a Christmas tree.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Customer stickiness comes from consuming more services and, thereby, realizing greater value.
    Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Federal and state experts encourage people and their pets to avoid consuming raw or undercooked meat products, as well as raw dairy, to avoid the spread of disease.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024

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