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Meanings of turn to ashes in English

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Usage of turn to ashes in English
1
She wouldn't care if I did blow up and turn to ashes.
Mary Rose of Mifflin
2
If you see the Great Worm, you will turn to ashes.
Metro 2033
3
If Christ be absent our festive fires soon turn to ashes.
The Irish Times
4
The roses turn to ashes on her cheeks as she paces her lonely rooms.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
5
Must the memories of her Yesterdays turn to ashes too?
Their Yesterdays
6
Was the dream at last to turn to ashes?
Constance Dunlap
7
The cake-pudding did not turn to ashes in my mouth-itwas already ashes-ashes, sawdust and molasses.
My Friends at Brook Farm
8
No! And looking up into the sky he felt joy turn to ashes in his mouth.
The wandering fire
9
Now I might turn to ashes.
The Girl I Used to Be
10
By his magic power, he caused the food to turn to ashes in the mouths of the greedy ones.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
11
His humanity turn to ashes.
Sons of the Oak
12
You think you're having a good time, even if it does turn to ashes in your mouth-now ,ready ;lights
Merton of the Movies
13
Dropping on her knees, she watched the paper catch fire, redden in the flame, turn to ashes, and at last dissolve in smoke.
The Wheel of Life
14
I know the end is the same; but it does make a difference how they turn to ashes, and how I spend my life.
Work: A Story of Experience
15
And the last man, in the year one-million AD, may be squatting over a fire, watching his last stick of wood turn to ashes.
Hunters Out of Space
16
Watching him, and despite his anguish at seeing so much of what he believed turn to ashes, Victor had to fight down a laugh.
Changer of Worlds
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