How to Use ablaze in a Sentence

ablaze

adjective

• Huff removed the gas tank, doused it in diesel fuel, and set ablaze.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
• Most of it would be ablaze the following week, five days later.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
• Now the area was ablaze; Aragüés found out not long ago that, sadly, the memorial had burned.
  — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
• The book was written not from the safe distance of resolution, but with the past still ablaze in the present.
  — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
• The artists discussed filming the boat burning at sea or filling it with books before setting it ablaze.
  — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
• One night, one of the group’s houses is set ablaze, and their friend Evert (Edwin Jonker) is killed.
  — David Faris, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026
• Next to it, a list of how many men were on the scene; the number of engines, planes, and helicopters; and how many hectares of land were ablaze.
  — Gerry Hadden, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026
• The crew abandoned the vessel, which was adrift and still ablaze hours later, the operations center said.
  — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
• At the scene, officers found an RV trailer on fire, which police said the suspect had set ablaze.
  — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2026
• Firefighters found a two-story house ablaze with flames visible from a rear first-story window, and quickly used a hose like to put out the fire.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
• Meanwhile, a wave of Houthi attacks on Tuesday set Saudi oil sites ablaze and wounded dozens of people.
  — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
• Security forces opened fire on demonstrators, killing dozens, while government buildings and politicians’ homes were set ablaze.
  — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
• The crew abandoned the vessel, which was adrift and still ablaze hours later, the UKMTO said.
  — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
• Wildberries also reported that its warehouse in Sarapul in the region of Udmurtia was struck by a Ukrainian drone and set ablaze.
  — ABC News, 30 July 2026
• Here being Los Angeles, stretches of which then resembled the coming of Ragnarök, when a battle between gods and fire giants ends with the whole world ablaze.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2026
• Two more Wildberries warehouses — in the southern Krasnodar and Stavropol regions — were attacked and set ablaze early Wednesday.
  — Dasha Litvinova, Fortune, 24 July 2026
• Two more Wildberries warehouses -– in the southern Krasnodar and Stavropol regions -– were attacked and set ablaze early Wednesday.
  — ABC News, 23 July 2026
• Surveillance footage reportedly at that location showed a man pouring what investigators believe was gasoline onto the altar before setting it ablaze.
  — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
• Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes in Nevada as the Hawk Fire continues to spread rapidly and has set over 15,000 acres ablaze.
  — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
• Wildberries also reported its warehouse in Sarapul in the Udmurtia region more than 600 miles from Ukraine, was struck by a Ukrainian drone and set ablaze.
  — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
• Starting point for hikes into Larch Valley and Sentinel Pass are some of Banff National Park’s best (ablaze in autumn when larch needles are golden).
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
• Wildberries also reported that its warehouse in Sarapul in the region of Udmurtia, more than 600 miles from Ukraine, was struck by a Ukrainian drone and set ablaze.
  — CBS News, 30 July 2026
• Mets fans may note that neither Sproat nor Williams is setting the world ablaze in 2026 — perhaps that will give you pause before getting too excited about Smith, Pitre and Hill.
  — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
• And the joy in the swanky dining room rockets up whenever somebody orders the Cacio e Pepe, which is mixed in a big cheese wheel, or the New York Steak, which a server sets ablaze before slicing with a flaming knife.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
• But on a muddy Tuesday flecked with rain, as the House of the Dragon crew sets to work filming their season-three finale, the signs of a brutal battle that will set the bustling village of Tumbleton ablaze are impossible to ignore.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
• The Russian online news outlet Astra reported Saturday that a Ukrainian drone set an oil refinery in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, ablaze.
  — Vasilisa Stepanenko, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
• However, the United States launched several waves of strikes on Iran into Monday morning over an Iranian attack on a container ship in the strait that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing over the weekend.
  — ABC News, 12 July 2026
• Continue reading … UNDER FIRE — Crew member missing after fourth attack leaves ship ablaze in key oil route.
  — FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
• The settlers, emboldened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, have ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and villages, harassing residents and setting homes, mosques and fields ablaze.
  — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
• Another fire in Reno, Nevada, the Hawk Fire continues to spread rapidly and has set 15,051 acres ablaze and destroyed at least 38 residences, per USA TODAY's data.
  — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026