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

Anwar first made his name as a charismatic firebrand student leader who founded Malaysia's Islamic youth movement, ABIM.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

The real-life character most successfully integrated into the narrative flow is the firebrand anarchist Emma Goldman, played with sobriety mixed with fervor by Shaina Taub, the author and star of the musical “Suffs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Although I had the reputation of being a firebrand, I always felt that the organization should never promise to do more than it was able, for the people would then lose confidence in it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela