flammable

Example Sentences

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Hydrogen is leakier and more flammable, and it burns hotter and faster than gas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The warehouse and surrounding storage areas were filled with stacks of pallets and cardboard boxes containing highly flammable ethanol-based hand sanitizer, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

"He did not want to install a highly flammable foam. He wanted to install acoustic foam," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

In 2015, blasts at warehouses containing flammable chemicals in the port city of Tianjin killed more than 170 people and injured 700 others.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

Chicago probably would have been resurrected in the image of its old — and dangerously flammable — self, if two events had not intervened.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy