in flames
Example Sentences
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But the situation was flipped on its head, as things so often are at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, by the terrifying sight of a car engulfed in flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
That Anaia and Racine’s journey is born in flames is no accident.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
By 11 a.m., the building was again engulfed in flames.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Nurse Lakini Bolton had dropped off the black Ford Focus - nicknamed Vadar after the Star Wars character - at the garage in Uddingston on Monday, just hours before the building went up in flames.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
“Someday I’ll be fired on in the air, and I’ll go down in flames just because I’m too blooming scared to fly the plane.”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
