firebrand

Example Sentences

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Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

They can claim the mantle of the firebrand, which is forever out of reach for an institutional figure like Newsom.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

In a move that foreshadowed Parton’s future as a feminist firebrand of her time, she contracted a lawyer and found a room for her daughters and herself in the Marlboro Hotel in Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Anwar first made his name as a charismatic firebrand student leader who founded Malaysia's Islamic youth movement, ABIM.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

He’s very smart and very willing to help the cause, but not really firebrand material.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins