pyromaniac

Example Sentences

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“He’s the pyromaniac, but you gave him kindling,” Chris, the journalist, tells the others.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

In France, responsibility for all things school falls squarely to the minister of education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, who has been ridiculed as a pompier pyromane—a pyromaniac firefighter, someone who is creating more problems than he solves.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2022

There’s something mesmerizing about the spectacle — like watching your family’s resident pyromaniac resuscitate a dying campfire.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2018

Case in point, I kind of stumbled upon the pyromaniac Shark Boshaw while driving by the Moonflower Trailer Park.

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2018

They thought I was a pyromaniac and a liar, and the fact that I myself never seemed to get burned was as good as proof.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs