Examples of pyromania in a Sentence
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After her exercise in pyromania, Serena stays with her mother.
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Elena Nicolaou,
refinery29.com,
7 June 2019
And finding signs of past fire-lighting on tools used for other purposes may offer the best window into the origins of humanity's collective pyromania.
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Kiona N. Smith,
Ars Technica,
26 July 2018
Best-selling author Margaret George has just published a novel repackaging the Roman emperor Nero, whose name has evoked mayhem and recreational pyromania for the past 2,000 years, as a misunderstood stripling.
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Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
5 May 2017
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Elena Nicolaou,
refinery29.com,
7 June 2019
And finding signs of past fire-lighting on tools used for other purposes may offer the best window into the origins of humanity's collective pyromania.
—
Kiona N. Smith,
Ars Technica,
26 July 2018
Best-selling author Margaret George has just published a novel repackaging the Roman emperor Nero, whose name has evoked mayhem and recreational pyromania for the past 2,000 years, as a misunderstood stripling.
—
Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
5 May 2017
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“Pyromania.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pyromania. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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pyromania
noun
py·ro·ma·nia
ˌpī-rō-ˈmā-nē-ə 
: an abnormal continuous desire to start fires
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