in flames
Example Sentences
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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
By 11 a.m., the building was again engulfed in flames.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
But if their fictional counterparts do it, you can assume the job is going down in flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
If it isn’t all done, every little bit of it, you’re going to face the 6:00 P.M. dinner rush defenseless and probably go down in flames.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
