set on fire

Example Sentences

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Masli responded by dreaming up a ritual involving a sock that was set on fire in symbolic purgation of burdensome resentments.

From Los Angeles Times

True to the festival’s name, every structure at Burning Man is temporary, as many buildings, along with the effigy, are set on fire by the end of the festival.

From Salon

One production hired a tank, while in another a mock police car was set on fire.

From BBC

The rest run through solitary experiments in chemistry, physics and explosives: A hydrogen balloon is set on fire.

From Los Angeles Times

"There's only so many times that I was going to go through every fall of worrying about what is going to set on fire, if I was going to lose a house."

From BBC