firebrand

Example Sentences

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Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

They can claim the mantle of the firebrand, which is forever out of reach for an institutional figure like Newsom.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

The feminist firebrand, born Sara Payson Willis, overcame personal tragedies and societal expectations to advocate for women’s financial independence and equality in the 1800s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Relatively unknown outside his own country at the time, Lee had a reputation as a firebrand who was sympathetic to socialist economic causes.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

The two complaints were not helping the old firebrand Malcolm X image any, nor were they generating the local public interest that was badly needed by his small, young OAAU.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey