campfire

Example Sentences

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Four years before she arrived, the Kinneloa fire, sparked by a campfire, erupted in the same mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

You needn’t baby carbon-steel pans—stack them without worry, use metal utensils or stick them into the hottest pizza oven or campfire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

They sat around the campfire that night talking about the remarkable life of the man they had rescued and the lessons to be learned from his plight.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

Like walking through a sparse forest in early autumn, the air sharp with smoke from a campfire, leaves underfoot brittle enough to crack.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

Tristran and Yvaine sat, damp and happy, beside a campfire, in the company of a motley assortment of creatures and people.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman