firecracker

Example Sentences

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A rare moment of high drama flares when a pregnant woman, Agata, played with firecracker fierceness by Anna Chlumsky, barrels down the basement stairs to accost Renia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Where McCann is a firecracker, Ava Dash is a total snooze, the kind of monotone, self-obsessed personality that gives Gen Z a bad name.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

"Spencer was a firecracker, that's the best way to put it," Mitrofanov added.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

But I still get chills from the Freeman moment, still remember the bursting firecracker sound of the hit, still remember his memorable waving of the bat in the air like a wand.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

And if only she knew: the whole student body, led by James Madison, who can’t even tell the difference between a firecracker and a stink bomb but has somehow deduced that I’m broken.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle