flames

Example Sentences

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They took on added resonance when Opie ceded the space to five friends displaced by the flames, offering food, shelter and a place to regroup.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Public attention was stirred by the story of how Stephen Pleaston saved it from the flames when the British attacked Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

That Anaia and Racine’s journey is born in flames is no accident.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

And another AI video on X depicts the pair running together through a city engulfed in flames before the female executive shoves him aside in a dramatic scene.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

It extended one large grey paw and patted the flames -then leapt back with an outraged yelp.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver