live coals
Frequency: 5.84.5 per million words
Coals that are still burning or glowing.
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Examples (10)
- The blacksmith pulled the glowing sword from the live coals.
- Be careful not to step on the live coals left from the campfire.
- His eyes burned with anger, like two live coals in the dark.
- He used a pair of tongs to rearrange the live coals in the barbecue.
- The only light in the room came from the live coals in the fireplace.
- They wrapped potatoes in foil and buried them in the live coals to cook.
- After the fire died down, a bed of live coals continued to pulse with heat.
- A sudden gust of wind fanned the embers back into bright live coals.
- It's dangerous to leave live coals unattended, especially in a dry forest.
- The storytellers gathered around the warmth of the live coals.