Words similar to burns

Example sentences for: burns

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As is well known, he appointed and relied upon a number of Jews--Kissinger, Burns, Safire, Garment, and me.
His mind burns with a bright, clear flame, and his professors soon recognized his genius.
The president of the Burns Federation explained, "It's no use singing 'There's a hand' if you already have a hand."
As you have no doubt noticed after two such experiments in consecutive years, when you do that, the shade melts and finally burns.
Let me quote from the textbook (by William Baumol and Alan Blinder) that I assigned when I taught Economics 1 last year: "When a firm pollutes a river, it uses some of society's resources just as surely as when it burns coal.