firebrand

Example Sentences

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Realizing he’d be unable to direct his fictionalized childhood remembrance, he entrusted it to his mentee Akin, the firebrand behind modern German classics such as “Head-On” and “In the Fade.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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

By 2004, he had a falling-out with the government led by the late socialist firebrand Hugo Chávez, whose oil czar, Sargeant said, tried shaking him down for a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 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

Old buddy introduced him around till he knew every firebrand among the upper-class fellas the State Department wanted him to groom for revolution.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez