dying fire
Frequency: 6.55.2 per million words
A fire that is about to go out.
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Examples (10)
- We huddled around the dying fire for warmth as the night grew colder.
- He threw another log onto the dying fire, hoping to bring it back to life.
- The only light in the dark room came from the embers of the dying fire.
- Staring into the dying fire, she contemplated her future.
- By the time we returned to the campsite, only a dying fire remained.
- The old storyteller shared his tales by the soft glow of a dying fire.
- Metaphorically, their passion had become a dying fire, lacking its former heat.
- He felt his enthusiasm for the project was a dying fire that needed new fuel.
- The rebels tried to reignite the dying fire of their revolution.
- The painting depicted a lone traveler warming his hands over a dying fire.