set on fire
Example Sentences
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The father of a young family has described how he rushed into their home to grab their pet dog and personal belongings after the listed building next door was set on fire.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 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
Persian-language TV channels based outside Iran also posted images of a statue of Soleimani in the central city of Kashan being set on fire.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Masli responded by dreaming up a ritual involving a sock that was set on fire in symbolic purgation of burdensome resentments.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
One night, she recalled, thousands of acres of Hale’s land had been set on fire.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
