aflame
Example Sentences
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There they were, the happy, four-wheeled couple: Summer on a scooter, cutting through the wind, Brandon tucked behind her on his Colnago bicycle, grinding until his quads were aflame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Andersen’s stay at Gad’s Hill has rarely set professional Dickensians aflame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Firefighters arrived to find a home in shambles, with walls collapsed, windows blown out and parts still aflame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
Vilma Castillo lit a baked Alaska that set the kitchen aflame and required many buckets of water to extinguish.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
