How to Use fire in a Sentence

fire

1 of 2 noun

• Stay away from the fire.
• How did the fire start?
• The fire went out and he had to light it again.
• We warmed our hands over the fire.
• She built a fire in the fireplace.
• The shack was destroyed by a fire.
• Two people died in that terrible fire.
• Then more fires popped up blocks away.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• One of the cars flipped over and caught fire.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Yeah, sure enough, the whole porch is on fire.
  — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 22 June 2026
• But the fire in the red brick church house had swelled.
  — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• Miller said a cat also died in the fire.
  — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 15 June 2026
• The cause of the fire has not been released.
  — Dan Raby, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
• That’s where the fire-balling Doval could loom large.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
• The cause of the fire wasn't released.
  — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• The welcome is as warm as the toasty log fires.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
• There's no word yet on where or how the fire started.
  — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 15 June 2026
• The fire burned through part of the garage and punched a hole in the roof.
  — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Mar. 2026
• Dusty wax, even at low heat, can be a fire hazard.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
• In Jane Eyre, the mad wife starts the fire.
  — Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
• The fire left the highway shut down as crews were at the scene.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
• The sequence opened with the man tied to a chair in a room set on fire.
  — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
• The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
  — Austin Turner, CBS News, 11 May 2026
• Lightning on dry fuels may lead to new fire starts.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• There were no injuries as a result of the fire.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 11 May 2026
• That would just be pouring more gasoline on the fire.
  — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
• Much of the debris is piled and burned out of fire season.
  — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
• Video of the takeoff roll confirms a fire on the left wing.
  — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
• This will lead to an increase in fire danger.
  — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• The agency has yet to disclose what caused the fire.
  — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026

fire

2 of 2 verb

• The gun failed to fire.
• The shortstop fired the ball to first base.
• He fired at the police.
• She fired the arrow at the target.
• The angry mob fired rocks at him.
• The soldiers fired on the enemy.
• The boxer fired a left jab at his opponent's chin.
• He fired several shots at the police.
• She had to fire several workers.
• The story fired his imagination.
• Still, the word ‘fired’ hits hard.
  — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
• Fullard did not face charges but was fired.
  — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
• Then again, that’s how a coach gets fired.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
• Here are the answersYou're fired, too?
  — Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
• He was fired a few months later.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• He was fired from his first feature film.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2026
• Kirk says, before the shot was fired.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
• Amoura fired inside the far post.
  — ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
• The complaint does not say how many shots were fired.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
• Neely backed into the street with his gun and fired three times.
  — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
• No shots have been fired and no ships have been boarded at this point.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
• The league doesn’t hire, employ or fire those who work for a team.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 May 2026
• The agents and deputy fired, Bradshaw said.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
• There was no round in the chamber, so the gun clicked but didn't fire.
  — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
• That's when Noonan fired twice.
  — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
• The guy before him was fired for a reason.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
• Bells rang out and ships fired their guns to mark the occasion.
  — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
• Hiring was low but so was firing.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
• Eight of those coaches have been fired already.
  — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• The shooter appeared to fire two shots at the teens and then fled.
  — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026