aflame
Example Sentences
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With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Niño, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
His dark eyes are expressive, aflame with passion, but he too often signals surging emotion by turning up the volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Firefighters arrived to find a home in shambles, with walls collapsed, windows blown out and parts still aflame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
Vilma Castillo lit a baked Alaska that set the kitchen aflame and required many buckets of water to extinguish.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
