Examples of campfire in a Sentence
We gathered around a campfire and shared stories.
Recent Examples on the Web
Klimek: All around this group of people were piles of burning wood, but this wasn’t a campfire.
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
In addition to the Halloween rescue squad, the company released campfire s’more M&M’s and brought back the popular Skittle Shriekers to celebrate the sweet season.
—Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
Better yet, take it with you into the great outdoors for extra warmth at sporting events, fall campfires, or cold mornings at the campground.
—Jen Ator, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2023
Exactly one week later - on October 17 - Minton was sitting around a campfire playing the game again.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2023
Donkey will lead them through a number of different experiences over the course of two days—sampling the parfaits that Shrek loves, telling stories around a campfire, and indulging in a feast worthy of an ogre at dinner time.
—Virginia Buedo, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2023
The famous Lodge skillet can be used on any surface, including campfires and open flames.
—Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
Slightly better-off Gazans are donating bags of rice and scraps of wood to encampments at UNRWA schools so that evacuees can cook plain rice on campfires and feed dozens.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
Mini campfire Colsen Hex Small Fire Pit $40 at Amazon
No space for an outdoor fire pit?
—Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
In addition to the Halloween rescue squad, the company released campfire s’more M&M’s and brought back the popular Skittle Shriekers to celebrate the sweet season.
—Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
Better yet, take it with you into the great outdoors for extra warmth at sporting events, fall campfires, or cold mornings at the campground.
—Jen Ator, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2023
Exactly one week later - on October 17 - Minton was sitting around a campfire playing the game again.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2023
Donkey will lead them through a number of different experiences over the course of two days—sampling the parfaits that Shrek loves, telling stories around a campfire, and indulging in a feast worthy of an ogre at dinner time.
—Virginia Buedo, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2023
The famous Lodge skillet can be used on any surface, including campfires and open flames.
—Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
Slightly better-off Gazans are donating bags of rice and scraps of wood to encampments at UNRWA schools so that evacuees can cook plain rice on campfires and feed dozens.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
Mini campfire Colsen Hex Small Fire Pit $40 at Amazon
No space for an outdoor fire pit?
—Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
See More
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Word History
First Known Use
1816, in the meaning defined above
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“Campfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campfire. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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campfire
noun
camp·fire
ˈkamp-ˌfī(ə)r 
: a fire built outdoors (as at a camp)
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