fire-eater
Example Sentences
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Her partner, fire-eater Antonio Candella, has also found lockdown hard.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2020
Despite his militant posture in recent years, Davis had not been a genuine fire-eater but a “national Democrat” who had hoped to defend southern rights within the Union through control of the Democratic Party.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
On one of our last afternoons there, we wanted to shoot some nice footage and decided to meet with Lamount, a fire-eater who liked to go by “The Human Volcano”.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2017
Mr. Kahl’s first wife was the fire-eater in the sideshow; his second runs a gift shop in Coney Island.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2013
The right-hand page had an illustration on it, showing women in magnificent dresses, a fire-eater, acrobats, and a man who looked like a king.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
