1
: burning very brightly and intensely
a blazing fire
2
: of outstanding power, speed, heat, or intensity
blazing eyes
a blazing fastball
blazing gunfire
blazingly
adverb
Examples of blazing in a Sentence
She runs with blazing speed.
the blazing logs in the fireplace cast a warm glow on our holiday party
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Pickett was seldomly penalized last season and didn’t give up many deep pass plays despite not having blazing recovery speed (4.59-second 40 at his pro day).
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Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In between those stretches, Minnesota was a blazing inferno, hitting 20 of 35 attempts from beyond the arc to blitz the Lakers in Game 1.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2025
The play in question came in the sixth inning when the blazing Chandler Simpson hit a soft grounder to Paul Goldschmidt at first.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Moving to a 10% field, that number increases to a blazing 2,007 nits.
—PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
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Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In between those stretches, Minnesota was a blazing inferno, hitting 20 of 35 attempts from beyond the arc to blitz the Lakers in Game 1.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2025
The play in question came in the sixth inning when the blazing Chandler Simpson hit a soft grounder to Paul Goldschmidt at first.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Moving to a 10% field, that number increases to a blazing 2,007 nits.
—PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blazing
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“Blazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blazing. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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