set on fire
Example Sentences
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One report suggested a fuel tank had been set on fire near the airport.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Persian-language TV channels based outside Iran also posted images of a statue of Soleimani in the central city of Kashan being set on fire.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
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 ● Oct. 21, 2025
Not much mention is made of Alexandria’s library—first set on fire accidentally by Julius Caesar and damaged fatally over the ensuing years—or its epic lighthouse, one of the fabled Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
One night, she recalled, thousands of acres of Hale’s land had been set on fire.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
