Words similar to ash

Example sentences for: ash

How can you use “ash” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If it does, it will probably bury the island (and the few thousand inhabitants who remain) in lava and ash.
Around 1500 b.c. , a massive volcanic eruption at Santorini destroyed not only Akrotiri — under feet of ash and pumice — but the whole Minoan civilization.
While Pompeii was incinerated by volcanic cinders, a minimum of 20 m (65 ft) of ash and mud swamped Herculaneum, hardening and covering the houses in a protective crust that kept upper stories and even some of the woodwork intact.
And some women, such as Estee Lauder and Mary Kay Ash, made the strategic alliances with male financiers required to keep them afloat.
Thus, distinguishing epithets like colonial, native, wild, black, brown, green , and gray qualify names of common Old World species like apple, ash, oak , and pine to build a considerable and understandable vocabulary.