Pyres Sentence Examples

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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

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

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

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  • 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.

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

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

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

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