setting fire

Example Sentences

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This just in: Large numbers of American women are setting fire to their money.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Amir Ali Mirjafari was accused of setting fire to the Gholhak Grand Mosque and also of working with the Israeli espionage agency Mossad, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

One man was arrested on Evia for allegedly deliberately setting fire to dried grass in the island’s Karystos area.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2023

Just in case setting fire to a piece of plastic wasn’t convincing enough, Gardner showed off more of his backyard as more incentive for the indecisive quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023

‘Now don’t you go setting fire to nothing,” she says.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood