in flames
Example Sentences
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Images shared by the Kenya Red Cross on X in the afternoon showed a crash site in flames.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Her business empire is going up in flames.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Minutes later, Lobga was in flames outside the U.N., near a Tibetan flag attached to a green pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Later, Basarnas said it got confirmation the ferry "was almost entirely engulfed in flames" as "passengers held on in the ship's bridge and bow while awaiting rescue".
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Their trade now seemed to them ridiculously obvious—it was as if they had bought cheap fire insurance on a house engulfed in flames.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
