aflame
Example Sentences
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Soon after, protesters flooded the streets, setting aflame and ransacking military buildings across the country — violent scenes that would once be considered unimaginable in a nation where few have dared to directly challenge the military.
From New York Times
An angry mob setting a senior military official’s residence aflame.
From New York Times
The Internet has been aflame in recent days over gas stoves—specifically, over whether they are harmful to human health and can or should be banned in the U.S.
From Scientific American
On Dec. 26, 1811, in Richmond, hundreds of theatergoers were immersed in a performance at a newly built multistory auditorium on the city’s main thoroughfare when candles from a backstage chandelier set a scrim aflame.
From Washington Post
The film cleverly relies on color, physicality and elemental symbolism to express these tensions: the repressed Joanne swims daily in freezing waters; the untouchable Julia lights things aflame.
From New York Times
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