How to Use firecracker in a Sentence

firecracker

noun

• But the tense third act builds like a firecracker with a fast-burning fuse.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
• And then somebody stuck a firecracker in her belly and then pushed her on the ground.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
• Or perhaps it’s meant to evoke the burning fuse on a firecracker.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
• The problem with that is that this cocktail is a firecracker.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2021
• Bowie said firecrackers were set off at the party throughout the night.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
• Drummers beat time, firecrackers burst and fizz, and demons cavort and dance.
  — Matt Ralphs, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
• And firecrackers are not the only source of pollution this time of the year.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
• In the movies, a person might light a firecracker and blow off a finger cleanly.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 4 July 2025
• Locals can then use firecrackers and other loud noises to drive the herd away.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023
• The child heard what sounded like a firecracker, and the intruder fled down the stairs.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 15 May 2022
• Shelves are filled with mortars, fountains, firecrackers, smoke bombs, snakes and of course, sparklers.
  — The Kansas City Star and, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
• His air force dropped these bombs wantonly, as a boy drops a firecracker down the silo of an anthill.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
• Campus police says fights broke out, the crowd threw objects and set off smoke bombs and firecrackers.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2018
• The main causes of the injuries were firecrackers, smoke bombs and mortar shells.
  — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2024
• The firecrackers always seem to injure children and adults as well.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
• The result is a movie that goes off like a firecracker and has as little lasting impact.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 July 2021
• Tuesday evening, a girl threw tiny firecrackers, sometimes called bang snaps, to the pavement next to the skate park.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
• The Post could not access footage of the moment when the firecracker was thrown inside the car.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
• Get to know the firecracker politician, with a fine balance of pathos and humor throughout.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 13 May 2020
• That puts it in the same range as a firecracker, or a jet engine taking off some 330 feet away.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
• The bus stop was at the end of the road, through woods so quiet the crunch of the frozen ground beneath my boots sounded like firecrackers.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• Legend has it that to scare away the beast, the villagers would put up red banners and explode firecrackers and bang drums.
  — Time, 16 Feb. 2018
• Still, this season feels a lot like lighting a firecracker fuse, standing back, and… and… and… ah dang it this one’s a dud.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2025
• Anyone who’s been following the news for the past three years couldn’t help but be intrigued by this firecracker of a film.
  — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2019
• These firecracker flowers will add a burst of red-orange hues to a partly sunny flower bed.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
• Members of the crowd defaced the vehicle and threw a firecracker inside it, which set it on fire.
  — Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
• So hot those July 4th firecrackers might just light themselves.
  — Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 2 July 2026
• Fire and sparklers shot out from the ground, lasers weaved together across the ceiling and firecrackers boomed in the back of the building.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• Deeply anguished to learn of the loss of lives due to the blast in the firecracker factory in Batala.
  — Sugam Pokharel and Swati Gupta, CNN, 5 Sep. 2019
• One of the most floriferous plants in my garden is the cigar or firecracker plant (Cipher ignea).
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 May 2025