start a fire
Example Sentences
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Chilean police announced on Thursday the arrest of a third person in the country's wildfire-ravaged south who they said was deliberately trying to start a fire.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
“Now everything is so wet it is hard to even start a fire with wood,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
"We get wood, start a fire, make dough, put it into portions, let it rise. This is what we're doing now. This process takes at least three hours," she says.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
Not only are more homes at risk from wildland fires; these environments now have more residents who might start a fire.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023
Mr. Hatch had come inside to start a fire, and I smelled a faint tang of wood smoke.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
