How do you use Burnt in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like burned or treated, plus the exact meaning.
Burnt in a sentence
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Burnt meaning
simple past and past participle of burn
Example sentences (20)
He said the assailants also burnt down the customs patrol van, a generator, and part of the customs house building.
Kipgen, the lone woman minister in the state, was not at home when the attackers burnt down her official bungalow.
A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder following the grisly discovery of human bones in a burnt-out tree trunk.
A 25-year-old software engineer was chained and burnt alive by her transgender friend in Chennai, police said.
Odunlami-Omisanya was reacting to the discovery of a burnt corpse concealed in a sack and dumped in the gutter in Akure.
After stepping off the coals, which burnt at around 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, Andy said: “I feel exhilarated – fantastic.
The burnt out wreckage a of a vehicle that crashed and burst into flames near Mansfield, killing four people.
The garage was destroyed and "most of the roof structure was consumed and burnt," according to a police booking affidavit.
On May 28, an 18-year-old Meitei woman, S. Ibotombi was burnt alive by Kuki militants in Kakching district.
Some even recommended using salt, which many claimed was the easiest and cheapest way to clean a burnt pan.
My Brittany dogs, which are orange — sort of a burnt not blaze orange — and white, don’t get to hunt during firearms season.
Officers responded to a general fire alarm at 10 Coventry St. There was no fire, but there was burnt food.
Paul continued to compete up to 1987 when he burnt his foot and took a break to recover from the injury.
Many of the community’s temples were burnt down and desecrated, their properties were looted, many lands and houses were grabbed.
And in 2021, scores of Catholic and other churches in Canada were vandalized or burnt to the ground.
The fire also burnt most parts of the asbestos roof of the building leaving a trail of destruction.
Around half comes from zinc mining, half from coal - but it's fly ash from having burnt the coal.
Our harmless son was not only assassinated; his remains were burnt together with his vehicle.
The council boss noted that several houses were burnt by the assailants, who also went away with farm produce belonging to the residents.
Their similarities ground them, but they’re so burnt up over their differences, they let their years of unfulfilled vindication run wild.
Common combinations with burnt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- burnt out 35×
- burnt down 21×
- were burnt 18×
- the burnt 16×
- burnt to 14×
- and burnt 13×
- been burnt 9×
- was burnt 8×
- of burnt 8×
- burnt alive 6×
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