in flames
Example Sentences
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That owes largely to the difficulty of preserving and projecting it, as it has a tendency to deteriorate and/or go up in flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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
By 11 a.m., the building was again engulfed in flames.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Ordinary people called the Po-2 a “kerosinka”—a kerosene lamp, because it went up in flames so fast.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
