Sentence examples for can be extinguished from inspiring English sources

In "The Emperor's Tomb," the street lights long for morning, so that they can be extinguished.

It can be turned on and nurtured with interesting, appropriate material just as easily as it can be extinguished.

With this suggested design, fires can be extinguished in the pan and do not spread over the wet bench.

These private chambers are furnished with comfortable beds and equipped with soft lighting, which can be extinguished if desired.

"I think at one moment or another, if we are not vigilant about keeping it burning, it can be extinguished".

The only two ways an easement can be extinguished are if a public entity takes the land through eminent domain or through amendments.

A sense of distrust has crept in that can never be extinguished.

Memory is a fragile little flame that can easily be extinguished – but Mrs Oldknow keeps stirring the embers.

While the travel ban has since been narrowed to apply only to visa holders, its initial application shows how the right of movement can quickly be extinguished, trapping or excluding minority populations.

Concrete may be fireproof, he allowed, but logs are fire resistant: A frame house would burn quickly in a wildfire because of air in its walls, but logs are dense and burn slowly, which means they can often be extinguished long before serious damage is done.

These powers are necessary until "hostilities end" - as though terror itself can ever be extinguished.