Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Strewn with embers or ashes.
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Examples
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Áine is the burnished glow of a golden vessel on a marble hearth, reflecting the embered glow of the fire
Archive 2007-01-01 Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007
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Áine is the burnished glow of a golden vessel on a marble hearth, reflecting the embered glow of the fire
Gods seen through splinters Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007
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The gunslinger looked at Eddie, and Eddie saw that Roland's cheeks glistened red in what remained of the campfire's embered dying glow.
The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987
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Exiles of the forest! what know you of full-blossomed winds, of red-embered sunsets, of the gentle admonition of spring rain!
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The great genial logs lay glowing, burning; from the fresher one the flames flowed and forked; along the embered surface of the others ran red and blue shivers of iridescence.
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories Owen Wister 1899
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She yanked her hand away from Dante’s arm as though the hot embered coals of the pit burned beneath his skin.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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On the other side of the embered hole, he didn’t see what he expected to see—a tomb’s dusty interior.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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She yanked her hand away from Dante’s arm as though the hot embered coals of the pit burned beneath his skin.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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On the other side of the embered hole, he didn’t see what he expected to see—a tomb’s dusty interior.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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She yanked her hand away from Dante’s arm as though the hot embered coals of the pit burned beneath his skin.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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