open fire
Example Sentences
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Williams was on a mission near the peninsula’s north when he saw seven of the Soviet jets appear and eventually open fire, according to a Defense Department account.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Hearing Nat King Cole croon about chestnuts roasting on an open fire dozens of times is one of the many reminders that fireplaces are luxuries most of us don’t have.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
"We don't have our lights on outside yet, because we've got to keep our costs down," Fitzgerald told AFP sat near an open fire heating the pub's interior.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
Photos from the early 1930s show a slender, bare-legged Follett with short-cropped hair, sitting beside an open fire with a cooking pan and an old tin coffee pot.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
With hot food in my stomach and the open fire nearby, I was having a hard time staying awake.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
