burning

Definition:
1. Very strong; extreme.
2. A very important and urgent problem.
3. The act of burning something.
4. Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.
5. Very hot; looking and feeling very hot.

Use 'burning' in a sentence:

• 1. He employed a scorched-earth policy, destroying villages and burning crops.
• 2. Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building.
• 3. I can smell something burning in the kitchen.
• 4. I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.
• 5. You're burning up—have you seen a doctor?
• 6. Burning sulphur creates poisonous fumes.
• 7. Fires were burning out of control in the centre of the city.
• 8. Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning.
• 9. His face was burning with cold.
• 10. When I arrived one of the vehicles was still burning.
• 11. The stubble was burning in the fields.
• 12. A welcoming fire was burning in the fireplace.
• 13. The aircraft was burning fiercely.
• 14. She managed to escape from the burning car.
• 15. She felt a burning sensation in her throat.
• 16. The stench of burning rubber was overpowering.
• 17. A man was crawling away from the burning wreckage.
• 18. Fires were burning all over the city.
• 19. Lights were burning upstairs, but no one answered the door.
• 20. He could hear the crackling of burning trees.
• 21. Two children were rescued from the burning car.
• 22. A light was still burning in the bedroom.
• 23. As we get older, our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories.
• 24. A small fire was burning to take the chill off the room.
• 25. There was a smell of burning in the air.
• 26. He's always had a burning ambition to start his own business.
• 27. The car was burning down the road.
• 28. Volunteers formed a human chain to rescue precious items from the burning house.
• 29. Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house.
• 30. Firemen hosed the burning car.
• 31. Can you smell something burning?
• 32. The candles were burning low.
• 33. The smell of burning rubber filled the air.
• 34. A schoolgirl rushed into a burning apartment to save a man's life.
• 35. He was burning to go climbing again.
• 36. The pilot jumped from the burning plane.
• 37. The fire is burning out of control.
• 38. Burning fossil fuels uses oxygen and produces carbon dioxide.
• 39. Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air.