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Sentence Examples Crooked fingers of lightning nearly lit the sky afire, and the thunder crackled like shots from a cannon. Finally, on the day of Pentecost, it was a gaze afire with the outpouring of the Spirit. My favorite Olympic torch lighting ceremony was in Barcelona, 1992, when an archer shot a flaming arrow over the altar to set it afire. Several involve body-shaped depressions in the earth that are filled with fabric or other combustibles, set afire and left as an imprint of ash. So, every night, they collected a pile of dry wood, ready to be set afire as soon as the morning star appeared. Crime is on the increase and the recent setting afire of a police vehicle has raised the level of crime to new heights. Cheeks empurpled, spit launching in all directions, eyes afire with outraged vanity, the Colonel will have none of your treachery. It is the excelsior from the tea set that Kenneth mails to Rhoda that she sets afire to murder Leroy. His bellowed anti-Europe diatribes breathe the monomania that still sets the conference afire. Makeshift devices to take the place of teachers, such as films and television, cannot strike sparks to set students' minds afire. Earlier today a large number of protesters broke into our headquarters in Beirut and briefly set it afire. It was in these roast yards that the mined ore would be piled and set afire for two or three months to burn off the sulphur in the ore. We must set them afire with a charity that comes from God and the love of Christ. Children have been shot to death, cars have been set afire and bombs have gone off. After the success of Costa Rica, Land of Wonders, the temporary exhibition Pirates, Privateers and Freebooters set our clients' hearts afire. The disturbances that erupted on February 10 to overthrow president Aristide left behind them death, looted public offices and stores set afire. All day tepee poles, lodge skins, dried meat, cooking utensils, and other paraphernalia from the abandoned Sioux village were stacked in huge piles and set afire. The bodies had been piled onto dry branches and logs, doused in gasoline, and set afire. Most were put in a pile, doused with gas and fuel oil, and set afire. After it had been set afire it was rebuilt in 1577 by the master builder of the Málaga Cathedral, Diego de Vergara. Show More Sentences White fumes rose from tear gas fired by the French, and black smoke billowed from a roadblock of burning metal drums set afire at the base gates by the loyalists. And in the end, the gambling theater is exploded and set afire. Herold gave himself up before the barn was set afire, but Booth refused to surrender. Intensive-type incendiaries are designed to set buildings afire by their intense heat. What had happened was a body had been placed in a dumpster, gasoline was poured into it, and it was set afire. Between the reprisals and counter-reprisals, the whole country was soon afire. Twitter is afire with thoughts on the Woodward-Politico-Gene Sperling imbroglio. The blogosphere was also afire with Palinmania, from Andrew Sullivan to Talking Points Memo to this very site. There had been a riot over in C Block at breakfast time, and one of the trusties, suspected of grassing, had been doused in hot fat, and set afire. Crimson-faced but happy, their lungs afire, they step ashore for the ritual ouzo with other seamen from distant shores who share their passion for adventure. The action began with the shooting of a young man, whose ghost rose from his body and watched the killers pour gasoline over the corpse and set it afire. The Worms Cathedral was among the buildings set afire in the resulting conflagration. The region is afire and oil prices are plummeting. With their backs turned, the soldiers barely heard the slight clicking of teeth, causing a little spark, which immediately set the liquid napalm afire. I know that my family and I are personally greatly indebted to the Toronto firefighters who stepped in to save our home when it was set afire in May of this year. Around 600 of their crews were killed and the cargoes confiscated before the merchantmen were set afire. But above all, for the stories and legends concerning the Cathars and their heritage, somewhere in the Sabarthes, which impressed him deeply and set his imagination afire. Until July 10, the greatest tap dancer of this generation sets the stage afire with his mesmerizing, syncopated rhythms. Protesters were also clashing with police in Tuzla and Mostar, and have stormed government buildings and set them afire. But it had been on Bea's mind ever since she'd nannied for a family that lost everything in afire. Show More Sentences Alvarado's company made it there first, and Gutierrez de Badajoz advanced to the top of the Huichilcbos cue, setting it afire and planting their Spanish banners. Examples from Classical Literature There had been some cars filled with corn whiskey that had run down and got afire. The girls thought the firehouse itself was afire and ran shrieking around the room begging to be saved. A question of private ownership not worth a garnishee might set a whole nation afire! The man must have been set afire had he not been soused in the river beforehand. His face was afire with the drink that he had taken, and his throat was guggling and sputtering. It was you said he was no savant, and would be unlikely to set the Liffey afire. Don't tell me you bilked 'em all so 'andily on settin' that 'ouse afire. The undine, outfought by two Yankee gunboats, was beached and set afire. The match had fallen on some inflammable drapery and set the place afire. He was still silent but began at once to erect a heap of dry sticks which he presently set afire. Away across the road the woods beyond Ham and petersham were still afire. Her eyes answered him whole-heartedly, for her imagination was afire. Not a glance in his face disclosed passion, but his heart was afire. My little heart was afire at the humiliation put upon my mother. But my blood was afire, and I was in too hot a haste to reason. Find more words! 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