set on fire
Example Sentences
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A 25-metre high wooden structure is set on fire at the Nikola Lanivets art park in Russia's Kaluga region as part of celebrations for Maslenitsa.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Not much mention is made of Alexandria’s library—first set on fire accidentally by Julius Caesar and damaged fatally over the ensuing years—or its epic lighthouse, one of the fabled Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
The rest run through solitary experiments in chemistry, physics and explosives: A hydrogen balloon is set on fire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
I’m leaning into hyperbole, but in the moment, it felt like bedlam had been set on fire.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025
This is a realization I had many years ago, when Water Island was set on fire, but I’ve never showed the truth to him before.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
