bonfire

Example Sentences

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With all that said, a bonfire composed of burning laptops is a good summation of 2026’s current flavor of anxiety.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

The sky pulsed red with the glow of a distant Guy Fawkes Night bonfire, and a cold, wet fog sat heavily on the town of Inverness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The track combines the warmth of a beachside bonfire with slick, Afrobeats-soaked grooves.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

“If this all were to end up in a bonfire of inflation, that would be a complete disaster. But this is not our view,” said Dirk Schumacher, chief economist at KfW.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

“I do wish there was a way to protect those outside the circus the way the bonfire protects those within it.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern