bonfire
Example Sentences
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“You can order solid barbecue from Bludso’s, have a drink by a bonfire pit and let the kids play on the playground as planes fly by.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
With all that said, a bonfire composed of burning laptops is a good summation of 2026’s current flavor of anxiety.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026
There are no victims—only a bonfire of prominent narcissists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
Dubbed “Stars, Stripes and Country Nights,” it will include hayrides, a bonfire and a country-music band, said Susan Mantell, the party chairwoman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
On the twelfth knell, the bonfire blazes, white and hot.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
