1.   Do not underestimate the regenerative power of smoldering ashes.

2.   The acrid, nose-burning stench of recent fires and smoldering ashes hangs over several streets.

3.   The charred smell and smoldering ashes lingered in the air on Thursday afternoon, two days after the battle had ended.

4.   Much of the center of the city was reduced to blackened heaps of smoldering ash, blackened bricks and twisted pieces of tin roofs.

5.   Much of its center was reduced to smoldering ash, blackened bricks and twisted pieces of tin roofs.

6.   Once a destination for pilgrims, this town and its famed mosque were in smoldering ashes Friday after days of fighting between Muslim separatists and Indian troops.

7.   They returned to find smoldering ashes in a wheatfield where their rooms had been.

8.   Two small turtles plucked from the smoldering ashes of the park were the only animals known to have survived, park officials said.