Sentence examples for chars from inspiring English sources
The Bengali-speakers were first brought to Assam from what is now Bangladesh by the British, to cultivate the chars (river-islands) that are created each year by silt brought down by the vast Brahmaputra river.
Islands and sizable newly deposited lands (chars) in the river appear and disappear seasonally.
The chars are valuable to the economy of Bangladesh as additional cultivable areas.
To the east the seaward side of the delta is being changed at a rapid rate by the formation of new lands, known as chars, and new islands.
In the process, the term chasseurs de chars was added to distinguish units specifically designed as tank-destroyer units.
When the two men stand up to smoke their cigarettes, Whitman notices that he has urinated all over his leg and drops his lighter in a trail of gasoline, which sets off an explosion that chars the body of the real Draper beyond recognition.
The road from Melbourne takes you through many miles of these hushed, charred sentinels before you come across the town itself.
This is serious food: beef cheeks braised with orange zest and star anise; caramelised chicory, Picos Blue and walnuts; sea bass with puy lentils and charred leeks; A1 charcuterie boards, but served in super-laidback circs.
Place the peppers and tomatoes, skin-side uppermost, under the hot grill to brown or char.
Sitting under a young mango tree alongside the charred remains of her school, the headteacher looks around nervously.
"The ballots were delivered in the dead of night, and we weren't told they were coming until the last minute," said Sergei Pashkovsky, the head of the electoral committee at polling station 239, opposite the charred shell of the regional administration, set on fire during clashes this month.
