Examples of campfire in a Sentence
We gathered around a campfire and shared stories.
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Hit the trail, s’mores; there’s a new campfire dessert in town.
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Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
People play backgammon and dance around a campfire next to a Music Trunk with a record turntable, while a couple contemplates a frozen lake.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
The resulting mood is as epic as shoegaze and as intimate as campfire song, a counterpart of sorts to Luster by Maria Somerville, who recorded her own album in Connemara and features here on Songs for Nothing.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2025
The rest of my crew from graduate school left that morning in their truck after one last evening talking science and adventure around the campfire.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
People play backgammon and dance around a campfire next to a Music Trunk with a record turntable, while a couple contemplates a frozen lake.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
The resulting mood is as epic as shoegaze and as intimate as campfire song, a counterpart of sorts to Luster by Maria Somerville, who recorded her own album in Connemara and features here on Songs for Nothing.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2025
The rest of my crew from graduate school left that morning in their truck after one last evening talking science and adventure around the campfire.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for campfire
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“Campfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campfire. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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campfire
noun
camp·fire
ˈkamp-ˌfī(ə)r 
: a fire built outdoors (as at a camp)
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