Sentence examples for becoming extinguished from inspiring English sources
Imagine resuming an activity that requires intense exertion and focus after more than 21 years — years that for Heard crawled by in a hellhole where hope flickers like a candle in a hurricane, often becoming extinguished.
On the full-moon day of the month of Karttika (October November), at the same time that Hindus celebrate Diwali (the festival of lights), Jains commemorate the nirvana (final liberation; literally "becoming extinguished") of Mahavira by lighting lamps.
Literally, it means "blowing out" or "becoming extinguished," as when a flame is blown out or a fire burns out.
Nirvana, ( Sanskrit: "becoming extinguished" or "blowing out") Pali nibbana, in Indian religious thought, the supreme goal of certain meditation disciplines.
Culture can become extinguished.
About 12 hours after the explosion the Betelgeuse sank at her moorings in 40 m of water (with her stern becoming completely submerged), which largely extinguished the main body of the fire.
As the Ohio legislature had passed a resolution urging Foraker and Dick to vote for the bill, he faced anger at home; one newspaper wrote that Foraker had extinguished his chances of becoming president with his vote.
The State Senate unanimously passed legislation today that puts New York on the verge of becoming the first state to require that cigarettes extinguish themselves when smokers stop puffing on them.
Her dream of becoming the next Cheryl Cole – who, it has to be said, is common enough herself – has been extinguished.
It was a primer on the obscure art of workplace consciousness: becoming aware of why I was doing what I was doing, rediscovering the emotional and spiritual dimensions of existence that my years in the corporate world had extinguished.
