catch fire

Example Sentences

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A red-hot ember floated down to the dry brown pine needles at their feet, and Akira watched as the pine needles caught fire with a whoomp.

From Literature

It turned out to be a bigger event than anybody expected because the pizza-parlor ovens caught fire half an hour before the presentation.

From Literature

Among those who have died was the waitress who was seen in a video wearing a helmet and holding a champagne bottle with a sparkler attached and the ceiling catching fire.

From BBC

“All the fuels are too wet to really catch fire.”

From Los Angeles Times

The statement said a machine that he was operating near his hometown of Burnet caught fire.

From Los Angeles Times