Example sentences for: ashes

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

  • The four that might have-- The Talented Mr. Ripley, Galaxy Quest , Titus , and Angela's Ashes --will instead be opening on Christmas, which in the case of Ripley and Titus makes for a very odd combination.

  • The discount price of Angela's Ashes is $10.

  • 11.ashes: spodomancy:: coagulation of cheese:?

  • In a cover book excerpt, Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt recounts his first year as a public-school teacher.

  • The expectations for McCourt's follow-up to the best-selling Angela's Ashes were high, and critics are uniformly disappointed: It "lacks the drama, the magic, the gentleness, the lilt of the first book" (Deirdre Donahue, USA Today ). They're quick to point out that 'Tis , which picks up McCourt's life at age 19, once he has left Ireland for America, is not a bad book, it's just not as good as the first.


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