'burn' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'burn' with 20 example sentences.

burn noun

: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

: an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

: a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

: damage inflicted by fire

burn verb

: destroy by fire

: shine intensely, as if with heat

: undergo combustion

: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

: cause to burn or combust

: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion

: cause to undergo combustion

: execute by tying to a stake and setting alight

: spend (significant amounts of money)

: feel hot or painful

: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

: create by duplicating data

: use up (energy)

: damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation

When you've finished reading this letter, burn it.

Be careful not to burn yourself.

The sand was so hot that it burned our feet.

I burned the roof of my mouth eating pizza.

Why are you burning these pictures?

The heretics were burned alive.

A spark would be enough to burn a forest.

Sulfur burns with a blue flame.

Many of the burnt trees have been cut down.

The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved.

The sailors abandoned the burning ship.

If you keep playing with fire, expect to get burned.

The candle burned the whole night.

Our house has already burned down twice.

One of your brake lights is burned out.

Where they burn books, they will eventually burn people.

The house burned to the ground before the fire truck arrived.

She got a slight burn on her hand while cooking.

You can't burn the branches in the garden.

She likes to burn incense while practising yoga.

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