How to Use firestorm in a Sentence

firestorm

noun

• The bombing left the city engulfed in a firestorm.
• His proposal set off a political firestorm.
• Their deaths set off a firestorm of protests around the country.
  — Scott Barrett, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2020
• The plane crash off the Mexican coast set off a firestorm.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2021
• Yet the study was met with a firestorm of doubt and criticism.
  — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2021
• Read more about the firestorm surrounding her death at The Week.
  — Jeva Lange, The Week, 5 Sep. 2022
• But the move has raised a firestorm of criticism at home.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 July 2020
• And, in all likelihood, there’ll be less of a firestorm.
  — Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 24 May 2022
• That’s not the case in some states, and a move to ban guns from polling places in Michigan has caused a firestorm.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• The threat to close the Baghdad embassy provoked a firestorm.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2020
• But the approaching firestorm, and the race against the clock with life at stake, was very real.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
• When the firestorm was over, 13 percent of San Diego County had burned.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
• Clark’s on-court pay set off a firestorm when she was drafted.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
• The explosive claim set off a firestorm of calls for re-opening the cold case.
  — Laura Jarrett, CNN, 6 Dec. 2021
• The heinous events on the streets of Minneapolis touched off a firestorm of protests around the world.
  — Time, 19 June 2020
• The ruling sparked a firestorm for many of the reasons that the decision in the Daviault case did.
  — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2021
• In June, however, the driver found himself in the midst of a firestorm.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 31 Dec. 2020
• Trump’s tweet set off a firestorm in Ohio, with Democrats calling it an assault on jobs in the state.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2020
• The question touched off a firestorm in the province, which is home to nearly a quarter of the seats up for grabs.
  — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
• The move to fire even five staffers resulted in a firestorm on Twitter.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• Just two and half months ago, Rogers walked into a firestorm of his own making.
  — Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
• The debut of the HBO documentary touched off a firestorm.
  — Felix Gillette, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
• Floyd’s death touched off a firestorm of protests that reached every corner of the nation.
  — Peter Yankowski, Houston Chronicle, 5 Oct. 2020
• But, the firestorm on Glenhaven Drive, where the Shterenberg home stood, was too intense.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
• Adding to that firestorm will be the advent of new laws governing AI and the use of AI systems.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• That set off a firestorm of debate about use of the trading app by young or naive investors.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 17 June 2020
• During the firestorm the smoke and flames were destroying large portions of the mobile home park all around the men.
  — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2020
• Yet a recent firestorm related to race seemed to sting.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
• Trump and his Republican allies have sought to distract from the firestorm by blaming Democrats and bringing up old feuds.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 24 July 2025
• But the six-month anniversary of the worst firestorm in Los Angeles County history still feels hard to measure.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025