Pyres Sentence Examples

The cypress, which grows no more when once cut down, was regarded as a symbol of the dead, and perhaps for that reason was sacred to Pluto; its branches were placed by the Greeks and Romans on the funeral pyres and in the houses of their departed friends.

In the 16th century opium is mentioned by Pyres (1516) as a production of the kingdom of Cous (Kuch Behar, south-west of Bhutan) in Bengal, and of Malwa.

There are burning pyres in my own backyard, because I don't have time to gather in the harvest.

I am reminded of the huge funeral pyres of cattle carcasses, which we saw last year.

Broad also spoke of flames from the open funeral pyres being visible from twenty miles away.

Thursday 14th March Report says foot-and-mouth pyres pose no lasting risk The risks posed by foot-and-mouth pyres are to be discussed in Richmond.

There are burning pyres in my own backyard, because I do n't have time to gather in the harvest.

The images of mass graves and pyres of burning animals will live long in the memory.

Not far away giant funeral pyres send the last hopes of much of the farming industry reeking up to heaven.