aflame

Example Sentences

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In the end, that night, it was Tante Anna who mounted the stairs to Nollie’s room, eyes wide and cheeks aflame.

From Literature

When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere.

From BBC

When firefighters arrive at the scene, they put out several fireworks that appeared to be aflame on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

Everything she and Clara had so carefully curated over nearly seventy years was aflame, already beyond rescuing.

From Literature

By the time firefighters arrived six minutes later, several structures — a mobile home, a carport, three vehicles, two other outbuildings and a large pine tree — were already aflame, the city department said in a release.

From Los Angeles Times