How to Use firebrand in a Sentence

firebrand

noun

• Claire Foy plays Salome Friesen, the colony’s firebrand.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• Carter’s gamble to hire this clever firebrand paid off.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
• The far-right firebrand Eric Zemmour did clear that bar with a 7 percent share.
  — Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2022
• Jonathan had cast a vote for Vivek Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old firebrand businessman.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Gottheimer is no populist firebrand; his commitment to the repeal of the SALT cap gives away the game.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 July 2022
• Hard not to believe in him now, still at just 37, a wunderkind turned firebrand of fashion.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 5 May 2022
• There have been whispers that Kohli, unfathomably, should be dropped although no one close to the scene is brave enough to suggest that to the firebrand.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• Arnn—a friend of one of the committee members, the conservative firebrand William F. Buckley, Jr.—was at the top of the shortlist.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• Others seem to believe Mr. Jordan is too much of a firebrand to serve as the party’s frontman.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
• But it was built on the skeleton of a soap, with Alex in the role of aging diva and Witherspoon’s firebrand Bradley Jackson as a younger upstart.
  — TIME, 14 Mar. 2024
• Fiona O’Leary is a fearless firebrand, who is a mother of five children, four of whom were diagnosed with autism.
  — Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• Nadler became a fan of Bella Abzug, the feminist firebrand who was elected to Congress in 1970.
  — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
• Kelly is not a firebrand, not a pitcher who barks at umpires or leaps off the mound to celebrate strikeouts.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
• Mickelson, with a reputation as a golf firebrand, might relish a court challenge to the PGA Tour’s right to ban him.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 6 June 2022
• Candace Owens took aim at Lizzo‘s appearance this week, and the pop star’s fans stepped in to defend her from the firebrand’s body-shaming commentary.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
• But not every prominent athlete needs to be a firebrand.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• The 18th-century preacher Henry Sacheverell was a firebrand who was also, more simply, a brand.
  — The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
• But conservative firebrands in the House are not inclined to accept measures that Democrats could back.
  — Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times, 2 July 2023
• So of course an interview with a provocative firebrand should be interesting enough to keep my eyes open.
  — Damon Young, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• The firebrand comic spends a large portion of the special discussing Twitter and how users take things personally on the platform.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Mary, the youngest and among the last of the children sent to the United States in 1968, was the firebrand among them, most vocal in calling out the harm inflicted by the absence of any support network for these families.
  — Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
• Frisch had sought to compel Republicans tired of Boebert's firebrand ways to cross party lines.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2022
• Da Silva, a left-wing firebrand who for decades made his name as a champion of the poor, confronts significant challenges.
  — Jack Nicas, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
• Hawley has been a firebrand critic of the Big Tech companies for several years and used the hearing to argue that the companies behind the tech are themselves a risk.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
• Really a firebrand and visionary artist who could see the future and work diligently to try to make that future real.
  — Garret K. Woodward, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2024
• Jim Jordan The Ohio Republican and conservative firebrand was the first member to publicly throw their hat into the ring.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Father Frank Pavone, a firebrand pro-life activist who has stirred controversy over th issue within the church, was removed from the priesthood this fall.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2022
• Brazilian firebrand Paulo Costa will try to knock off veteran Luke Rockhold.
  — oregonlive, 20 Aug. 2022
• There is the patriotic firebrand, older and wiser than his years, and the rebellious young woman thumbing her nose at both the Israeli state and the patriarchy.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 23 Nov. 2022
• The conservative firebrand had been bleeding support from his GOP colleagues across three rounds of voting on the House floor, foreclosing his path to the speakership.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024