catch on fire

Example Sentences

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If you have homeowner's insurance, you don't expect your house to catch on fire, but the chance is not zero, so let's take precautions to prevent it from happening.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

He told the story of a legal case he worked on in which a 23-year-old man who was working in a containment vessel had his pants catch on fire, leading him to lose his testicles.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024

A fire reduced the fuselage to ash, but the wings did not catch on fire, the report said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Since joining the Miami Heat, Jaime Jaquez Jr. has proven he can catch on fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

In Ro Leap, I had a dream that a certain house would catch on fire, and it did.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung