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.