She'd rather be the quick-burning firecracker than a slow-to- die ember.

Leaving her beside the dying embers, he went out upon the ramparts.

The mere proposition, however, revived the dying embers of Birmingham political life.

Miss Martin you rear up so, dying ember light on your torso.

He slept beside the dying embers as if trading them for dreams.

Black ash and dying embers were all that remained of the hearthfire.

Sit here on the mat beside me; sit here by the dying embers.

A few dying embers smouldered in the little fireplace which warmed his sitting-room.

Sparwick threw a handful of snow on the dying embers of the fire.

Then the Fire Maker came forward and extinguished the dying embers.

Then she reached forward and placed the last stick on the slowly- dying embers.

Unaccountably enough Bradby went no further than the dying embers of the fire.

She sat by the dying embers, silent, and lost in thought.

By the fire Carl smoked and stared at the dying embers.

The captain sat for awhile before the dying embers, smoking his clay pipe.

The dying embers flickered into flame and lit her hair redly.