aflame
Example Sentences
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An arc of debris from the building, aflame against the blue sky, landed blocks away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But the action is nullified by the fact that Ono assumes the stoic posture of the Buddhist monks seen in the news at the time setting themselves aflame in protest of the Vietnam War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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 ● Feb. 19, 2026
No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Even the air seemed on fire, subtly aflame with energy as it does when you are young, when the synapses are firing wildly and death is far away.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
