How to Use set fire to in a Sentence

set fire to

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• Her 5-year-old son was killed when bandits set fire to her home.
  — Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2023
• Iran has threatened to set fire to ships sailing the strait.
  — ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
• One of the suspects was trying to set fire to it with a lighter.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
• But another moment sees a group set fire to a large swath of land.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• One day, alone in her apartment, Mary set fire to the curtains.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• One man tried to set fire to the ladder truck but was stopped by museum staff.
  — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
• At one point, someone set fire to a car, which became engulfed in flames.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
• Gangs set fire to houses and left civilians reeling.
  — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
• He's accused of setting fire to his townhome.
  — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
• There’s a new crop of books coming that set fire to the perfect mom fantasy.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
• In Brussels, fans set fire to a car and some electric scooters.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
• The men set fire to Harwin’s chambers, killing him and the Hand.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 26 Sep. 2022
• Whole families died when the hooded vandals set fire to their homes.
  — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
• Other tests set fire to mock-ups of mass timber buildings and record the results.
  — Kurt Kleiner, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2024
• Iran had earlier threatened to set fire to ships sailing the strait.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
• Police allege the woman had threatened her sister with a gun and set fire to the home.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• Within days of her public appearance, the husband set fire to his wife and killed her.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• One of the men set fire to the slumbering victim’s clothes, causing a small blaze, police said.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
• On the other side of the 101, vandals set fire to a row of Waymos.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
• The offenders also destroyed a convenience store and set fire to cars and trash cans.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
• The first shot from the film shows Mikkelsen surrounded by swirling smoke as workers behind him set fire to the heath.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2022
• Mobs have set fire to over 350 churches and vandalized over a dozen temples.
  — Sushant Singh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2023
• Several years prior, his mother set fire to the family’s house, with him in it.
  — Matt Richtel Bee Trofort, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• The official said prisoners set fire to a warehouse full of prison uniforms, which caused the blaze.
  — Samya Kullab, ajc, 15 Oct. 2022
• The crematorium wasn’t functioning that day, and their job was to set fire to the corpses in the open air.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
• Along with his wife and three children, Jaya Prakash escaped to the hills once more, but the cops set fire to his home.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• There’s no gas seeping into your household environment, and no risk that a naked flame will set fire to your kitchen.
  — Ian Baker august 26, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
• Crowds set fire to the prime minister’s house and the president ending up fleeing the country.
  — Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Protesters set fire to a police station, vandalized a small airport used by the armed forces, and marched in the streets.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2022
• The blast allegedly also set fire to the residence and a neighboring unit.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025