firecracker
Example Sentences
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A rare moment of high drama flares when a pregnant woman, Agata, played with firecracker fierceness by Anna Chlumsky, barrels down the basement stairs to accost Renia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
"She's such a firecracker in the series and then I actually found out she was also a very solitary and silent woman who painted lots of watercolours," Galligan explains.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
It’s possible the hotel was also happy to bid them farewell, given Hemingway’s conversion of their suite into an impromptu boxing ring with an indoor firecracker habit to boot.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
A breath taken before the end of a sentence would turn the final word into a firecracker.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
“And James lit a firecracker instead of a stink bomb. Like, a big, pink, bursting-in-the-sky firecracker.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
