Read full poem →Red-mouthed of a goddess, returned
From the sea which had borne her and burned,
That with one swift smile of her mouth
Dictionary Entry
To cause to be consumed by fire.
In a Sentence
“He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “burned”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →In the mid moving tide of tenderer stars,
That burned on loves and deeds the darkest done,
Athwart the incestuous prisoner's bride-house bars;
Read full poem →The ground is here and there bestud
With lumps of only part-burned coal.
His duty is to glean the whole,
Read full poem →fourteen white men dead, and a number of negro houses
burned.
Read full poem →ointments. There was a brown salve that stank. My father preferred that
one for me. It burned. He insisted that I keep it on longer, much longer
than the instructions advised. One night he insisted that I leave it on for
Read full poem →There were two pillows on my chair. Isat on them but my legs and ass still
burned. My father was talking about his job, as always.
Read full poem →These Advent nights are long;
Our lamps have burned year after year,
And still their flame is strong.
Read full poem →But bids his darts from perjured girls retire.
Poor Semele among so many burned,
Her own request to her own torment turned.
Read full poem →Was divers ways distract with love and shame.
Love conquered shame, the furrows dry were burned,
And corn with least part of itself returned. 30
Read full poem →To-night must lay our friendship by ;
Your wrath has burned your judgment up,
Hot breath has blown the ashes high.