in flames
Example Sentences
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That Anaia and Racine’s journey is born in flames is no accident.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
By 11 a.m., the building was again engulfed in flames.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
But if their fictional counterparts do it, you can assume the job is going down in flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Nurse Lakini Bolton had dropped off the black Ford Focus - nicknamed Vadar after the Star Wars character - at the garage in Uddingston on Monday, just hours before the building went up in flames.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
I woke coughing with everything in flames around me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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