pyromaniac

Example Sentences

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“He’s the pyromaniac, but you gave him kindling,” Chris, the journalist, tells the others.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

William F. Buckley once described a friendly intellectual adversary as a pyromaniac in a field of straw men.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2020

Given how horribly everything else seems to be going, we could all probably benefit from following his example and enjoying a few deep belly laughs at the expense of these pyromaniac boneheads:

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2018

I love this tradition, being a Devon lad – and a bit of a pyromaniac.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2018

They thought I was a pyromaniac and a liar, and the fact that I myself never seemed to get burned was as good as proof.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs