How to Use flame in a Sentence

flame

1 of 2 noun

• They tried to put out the fire, but the flames grew higher.
• The engine burst into flame.
• We built a fire and roasted marshmallows over the flames.
• Old flames are back in your world.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
• Your gas flame should burn bright blue.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
• Do not light open flames near pipes.
  — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• One of those four goes up in flames.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
• Large flames could be seen above the homes.
  — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
• The pub is about to burst into flame.
  — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
• Watching the show lit a small flame.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
• And that just kind of drained him a lot, and doused this flame.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
• Think waves for water or flames for fire.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2025
• The flames had reached our coffee shop.
  — Sarah Mlynowski, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
• Those flames were past the ceiling.
  — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 20 June 2026
• Georgie was engulfed in smoke and flames.
  — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
• Oh man, old flames are never a good idea.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
• The car then burst into flames.
  — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
• Enid’s placard goes up in flames.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
• Lost to flames was its iconic steeple.
  — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 25 June 2026
• By winter, that flame had dimmed.
  — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
• In a few hours, it will be smoked and grilled over an open flame.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
• All around her, houses and trees were in flames.
  — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• The boat is then briefly seen covered in flames.
  — Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
• Avoid excess heat, flames, and sparks.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
• The flames came within a half-mile of her home.
  — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
• Spurts of flame can be seen coming from the weapons.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
• While out on patrol, his own home went up in flames.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Wear long pants and closed-toe boots when flame-weeding.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
• Deputies say a car crashed into a tree and went up in flames.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
• Heavy winds fanned the flames and merged the two fires into one.
  — Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026

flame

2 of 2 verb

• The sun flamed through the clouds.
• A fire flamed in the oven.
• The flaming-pyre raven flies off.
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
• Don't put a flaming cake on a wicker chair.
  — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
• Ellie grabs a flaming log from the hearth and chucks it at him.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• The creepy clown featured flaming red hair and a red foam nose.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2023
• The Google alerts lit her cell as her name flamed up on Twitter.
  — Bryan Smith, Los Angeles Magazine, 8 June 2018
• In New York City, the thing flamed brightly and then burned out.
  — refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
• In one clip, a flaming object appeared to be crashing to the ground.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Men were in sinking ships, and their only choice was to jump into a flaming ocean.
  — Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026
• Some set up flaming barricades in the streets, torching cars and trash cans.
  — Time, 17 Oct. 2019
• Two adults and two children were rescued from the flaming building.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• Find a bit of room for the profiteroles or Grand Marnier flaming crème brûlée.
  — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
• The splintering lumber broke apart and flew through the wind, still flaming.
  — Claire Galofaro and Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
• The thing in the sky was gigantic, a flaming match-head that was nearly too bright to look at.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
• Some have hurled rocks and launched flaming kites over the fence into Israel to start fires.
  — New York Times, 5 June 2018
• Gangs fought with bows and flaming arrows, and the murder rate was among the world’s highest.
  — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Release the oils from the orange zest through a flaming wood pick over the surface of the drink and serve.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2023
• Some of the activists threw stones toward the fence or flew kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails.
  — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
• The unreal way the corona wafts around the moon in a thin flaming circle.
  — Joanne Spataro, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Even though the pastel polish is rather gentle, there's still a bit of an edge thanks to those flaming hearts.
  — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
• That explains why the swatch turned into a flaming tangerine stripe on my chest.
  — Dafra Sanou, Allure, 18 July 2018
• The flaming dragon joins a list of Disneyland mishaps over the years.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• Activists set up flaming roadblocks, bringing travel around the city to a stand-still.
  — Amanda Erickson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2018
• Our server poured flaming alcohol over it, toasting some of the meringue.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2018
• There was no explosion, but where a moment ago there had been nothing, there were now flames shooting up.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Smoke - and then flames - filled the car, suffocating Awan and burning him from his feet up.
  — The Washington Post, oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2019
• Tableside preparations spread across the land, from prime-rib carts to flaming desserts.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
• At one point, a deputy pulled up a pant leg to reveal a tattoo of a flaming skeleton gripping a rifle.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
• The evening will include costumes, food, special and the flaming fountain.
  — Houston Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2019