on fire

Example Sentences

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Morgan Rogers is on fire, and I think you have to respect them as title contenders.

From BBC

One note proposed replacing the image on the cover page — which showed palm trees on fire against an orange sky — with a “positive” one, such as “firefighters on the frontline.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Basically you're deciding: 'Well look, I'm going to just run the gamut here and hope that these things don't go on fire.'"

From BBC

The ignoble battle ends when a neighbor, Mrs. Prothero, shouts that her house is on fire, “announcing ruin like a town crier in Pompeii.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As for Nottingham Forest, they are on fire with six wins in eight games in all competitions.

From BBC