Burnt

Examples

• She took her hand off the little album as suddenly as if it had turned hot and burnt her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They may be all burnt up, observed Mrs Dengelton in a sepulchral tone; and instead of Rudolph I may meet a cinder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• A great fire had burnt a large part of Rome, and the new sect was accused of causing this. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He went on to Persepolis, where, as the climax of a drunken carouse, he burnt down the great palace of the king of kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They say she had nearly burnt her husband in his bed once: but I don't know about that. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They were high from the ground, and they burnt with the steady dulness of artificial light in air that is seldom renewed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The burnt child, sir! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When I saw him in the light, I observed, not only that his hair was long and ragged, but that his face was burnt dark by the sun. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• My cheeks were as hot as fire, and my very eyes burnt in my head. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Perhaps he would have wintered in Moscow, but the Russians smoked him out; they set fire to and burnt most of the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These canes are terminated by tubes of pipe-clay, to prevent their being burnt, and other bamboo canes conduct the gas intended for lighting the streets, and into large apartments and kitchens. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Let's rinse our mouths with a drop of burnt sherry; the last-comer shall stand it, Mivins shall fetch it, and I'll help to drink it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When the helmet was removed, the well-formed, yet sun-burnt features of a young man of twenty-five were seen, amidst a profusion of short fair hair. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• That had been all entirely burnt off, he said, while he was enjoying the charms of your delightful society at Venice. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Kelp is a species of sea-weed, which, when burnt, yields an alkaline salt, useful for making glass, soap, and for several other purposes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It burnt on, however, quite steadily, neither receding nor advancing. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Some got out, their bodies burnt and flattened, and went off not knowing where they were going. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• She had burnt her fingers with Caliphronas; yet, quite forgetful of the warning, began to tease Maurice with charming persistence. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• In the second return stroke the burnt gases are expelled from the cylinder and the whole made ready to start afresh. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The porridge is burnt again! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• These curious and interesting structures, which may be considered the forerunners of the gigantic iron Tubular Bridges of the present day, were burnt by the French in 1799. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The only things that I ever could get were coffee made from burnt bread, with brown molasses-cake. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You're a chattering clattering broomstick witch that ought to be burnt! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He washed himself, and rubbed his clothes; there were spots that would not be removed, but he cut the pieces out, and burnt them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I can't,--they 's burnt up! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But it's not to be burnt on a Sunday night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The room was quiet, and the lamp burnt on the table. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A colleague of Huss, Jerome of Prague, was burnt in the following year. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She never would have given it up after what you had said to her about its being wanted; she would sooner have sunk it in the sea, or burnt it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I felt as if, having been burnt before, it were now being boiled. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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