1.   Each pile of gray ash was the remains of a house.

2.   Ash gray inside and out, the dwellings in the sassi were hewn out of the natural caves and water cisterns that run through the chalky rock.

3.   At one point, a child glances around at the faces covered with gray ash and notes that everyone looks the same.

4.   At medium, coals should be covered with a layer of gray ash and no longer flaming.

5.   If using briquettes, they should be covered with a fine gray ash before cooking.

6.   Light a charcoal grill and allow the coals to burn until covered with gray ash, or heat a gas grill to medium.

7.   Light a charcoal grill and allow the coals to burn until well-covered with gray ash, or heat a gas grill to low.

8.   Once the coals are covered with gray ash, lay the foil packet of soaked chips on the coals.

9.   People walking on the street are so covered in gray ash that they look like living sculptures.

10.   Several gardeners were raking gray ash from beneath the yews, and cutting ivy too crusted with ash to save.