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flaming

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verb

present participle of flame
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Recent Examples of flaming
Adjective
Then again, those others didn't have Dwayne Johnson’s macho demigod Maui playing a flaming conch shell. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024 Start with the prime beef meatballs, follow with hand cut pasta topped with short rib Bolognese and finish with a showstopper: a flaming meringue torte, singed tableside and then covered in a warm chocolate sauce. Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024 The tepid show’s largest room, painted a flaming red orange for those who might not yet have a clue, presents eight tent-like enclosures tricked out with stage sets that describe a hospital room, an Amazon warehouse storage space, an automobile interior and more. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024 A week later, the star shared photos of herself in Athens in a flaming hot bikini. Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 24 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for flaming
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaming
Adjective
  • Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • For those passionate about handheld PC gaming, the Asus ROG Ally is definitely worth your attention.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
  • Both Song and Johnson are passionate about the genre, citing the works of Nora Ephron and Jim Brooks, among others, as deep comforts.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • Over 12,000 glowing Amazon ratings back up the hype.
    Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The costumes will take on an enchanting, glowing look during the performance.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Bursts of energy erupting from the Sun, like solar flares, can generate shocks in the solar wind current, leading to higher risks for geomagnetic storms.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Videos showing green flames erupting from a manhole cover following an explosion at Texas Tech University have drawn wide attention online.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The clip, a 53-minute visualizer posted on YouTube, shows four red stockings hanging over a blazing fireplace alongside a Christmas tree.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The clip, a 53-minute visualizer posted on YouTube, shows four red stockings hanging over a blazing fireplace alongside a Christmas tree.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Hollywood’s obsession with IP and sequels certainly hasn’t gone away, and the upcoming warm months will feature a number of remakes that nobody really asked for.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 16 May 2025
  • But his presence now would have been a warm security blanket.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Hezbollah's capabilities were badly damaged in the fighting - not least by a covert attack on Hezbollah operatives with exploding pagers, which resulted in over 30 deaths and thousands of injuries, including some civilians.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Exactly because production is exploding globally, so are efforts by a myriad of entities to facilitate all this exchange.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This offseason’s attrition is glaring on both the offensive and defensive lines, the latter of which Shanahan hopes to fortify with some of the 49ers’ 11 draft picks.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The lack of defensive discipline is glaring.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Flaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaming. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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