set on fire
Example Sentences
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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
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
The rest run through solitary experiments in chemistry, physics and explosives: A hydrogen balloon is set on fire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
"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 • Jan. 23, 2025
This is a realization I had many years ago, when Water Island was set on fire, but I’ve never showed the truth to him before.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
