set ablaze
Example Sentences
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Navy—and at one of America’s allies, the United Arab Emirates, where an oil transit hub was set ablaze.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The oil wells set ablaze in Kuwait in the 1990s during the first Gulf War took months to extinguish and released an estimated 130 to 400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
There’s no doubt that houses were set ablaze.
From New York Times • May 21, 2024
The theater’s traditional proscenium stage, which Lea Michele not so long ago set ablaze in her performance as Fanny Brice in the revival of “Funny Girl,” has been reconfigured into an in-the-round auditorium.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024
The light was Samir’s wool, set ablaze by the flames escaping through the tavern window.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
