Sentence examples for off the ash from inspiring English sources

Keller set it back on the table, tapping off the ash from his own cigarette.

"I was washing off the ash, but I didn't wash all of it off," said the employee, who spoke on the condition that he not be identified.

Scrape off the ash into a spoon or small dish.

Another ritualistic (yet necessary) part of smoking is flicking off the ash.

Finally, a police car inched down the street, crunching over the ash piles, its loudspeaker blaring a warning to stay inside, to keep your hands off the ash, to not breathe unless it was absolutely necessary.

She rose again to shake off the ashes, joining with a group of other women who reduced the men around them to shame.

Off came the ash trees that account for 17 percent of Chicago tree cover, or more than any other tree.

Meiselas photographed the firefighters hosing themselves down on West Street, cleaning off the scorching ash that coated their faces: these are Weegee's slum kids bathing in the jet from an open fire hydrant during the city's summer heat, except that the scene is no longer frolicsome.

Australia, by contrast, were a finely tuned machine as the likes of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Adam Gilchrist signed off from the Ashes by starring in one of the most one-sided series that this venerable contest has seen.

Mitchell Johnson carried on where he left off in the Ashes as Australia took control on day two of the first Test against South Africa at Centurion.

The stain should come off with the ashes.