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Meanings of burn low in English

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Usage of burn low in English
1
They burn low, more embers than flames, several dozen of them.
Origin
2
Its fires never burn low, nor lose their fine glow.
Quiet Talks with World Winners
3
The torches had begun to burn low, and one or two had flickered out.
A clash of kings
4
My candles are all beginning to burn low now.
The Choir Invisible
5
After an hour, the fire began to burn low.
Sons of the Oak
6
Did the fire burn low, it was the young officer who went out for fresh wood.
The Amazing Interlude
7
Her voice fell, and the light in her eyes seemed to burn low, like night-light, turned down.
Purple Springs
8
The campfire was allowed to burn low.
The High School Boys' Fishing Trip
9
Because shore power doesn't require ships to burn low-quality fuel to produce electricity, it's easier on the environment.
The Guardian
10
The only light in the dwelling came from the fire, and that had been allowed to burn low.
Bones of the Dragon
11
What the occasion now required was that passion should burn low, and reasoned persuasion hold up the guiding lamp.
The Glory of English Prose / Letters to My Grandson
12
The fires burn low
Lundy's Lane, and Other Poems
13
For a few minutes the room was quiet except for the crackling of the fire, which was beginning to burn low.
The Plastic Age
14
The table was soon arranged, the screen was drawn more closely round the fire, which had been allowed to burn low.
Flames
15
Many of the fires had begun to burn low, but round others there was still a sound of laughing and singing.
On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers
16
The pulling out of the two large firebrands was causing the fire to burn low, something which was in the bear's favor.
The Rover Boys In The Mountains; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune
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