Examples of aflame in a Sentence
the kindling in the wood stove was aflame as soon as I held a match to it
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The actors reliably restore it, and in any case there is pleasure to be had in watching Jacobs-Jenkins assemble his kindling stick by stick before setting it aflame.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The flight reached 1,500 feet before crashing in a fiery cloud less than 3 miles from the airport, setting several homes in the area aflame.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
After a silent scene of the rockers floating listlessly in the water, Eastin (and co-director Aaron Hymes) switch up the elements and transport the guys to a desert scene in which the contents of the room are aflame, including Reynolds’ mic stand, as well as the drum kit and Dan Sermon’s guitar.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
One corner of Twitter was aflame with indignity that the government could so wickedly leave people to die.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The flight reached 1,500 feet before crashing in a fiery cloud less than 3 miles from the airport, setting several homes in the area aflame.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
After a silent scene of the rockers floating listlessly in the water, Eastin (and co-director Aaron Hymes) switch up the elements and transport the guys to a desert scene in which the contents of the room are aflame, including Reynolds’ mic stand, as well as the drum kit and Dan Sermon’s guitar.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
One corner of Twitter was aflame with indignity that the government could so wickedly leave people to die.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for aflame
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“Aflame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aflame. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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