aflame

Example Sentences

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Already social media is aflame with anger about privatized youth programs and the financial barriers to entry, both legitimate dilemmas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

And Tveit sets “One Night in Bangkok” aflame with Dionysian ecstasy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Videos posted to social media showed the vehicle aflame in front of the hotel's entrance and people being escorted out of the building.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

Even the air seemed on fire, subtly aflame with energy as it does when you are young, when the synapses are firing wildly and death is far away.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides