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.
