blazes

Example Sentences

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Blazes that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands earlier this summer have been called the biggest wildfires Scotland has ever seen.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

His cameos as Blazes Boylan, jitterbugging across the stage with the self-satisfied air of a country rake, were not just enlivening but renewing, capturing the character in a new idiom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

Blazes on Hawaii's Maui island earlier this month killed more than 110 people and wrecked the historic resort city of Lahaina.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

Blazes in the country’s southwest forced more than 37,000 people to evacuate.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2022

“What the Blue Blazes is he?” asked the stranger.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens