bonfire

Example Sentences

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The culinary equivalent of a beach bonfire right as the sun drops below the horizon.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The location is Chavenage House, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, where a bonfire scene is to be filmed for season two.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

And not just because one of the leading contestants torched himself and his political livelihood in a bonfire of hubris and stupidity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

He obeyed and burned the project files in a bonfire on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Every night they built a bonfire with the broken branches they’d cleaned up during the day, and Alex told them stories.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr