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
Electronic tchotchkes are ubiquitous but many people have little or no access to nutritious food or health care as our environment is run through a meat grinder and set on fire.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 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
“Our Map Room was set on fire and you ran off to talk to your shuck girlfriend? What’s wrong with you?”
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
