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afire

[uh-fahyuhr] / əˈfaɪər /
ADJECTIVE
on fire
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


Example Sentences

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Together they have created, written, directed and produced three network shows to current prime-time success: Designing Women, Evening Shade and Hearts Afire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afire to see how the critic would demonstrate his principles in the clear paint, painters, students, flocked last week to his exhibit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afire with ideas, he is forever in motion—smiling, grimacing, gesticulating, pointing, reaching.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hearts Afire, the new series from Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, will also get an enviable time period: after Bloodworth-Thomason's Evening Shade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afire with curiosity, Malcolm couldn’t help staring at the man.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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