Examples of aflame in a Sentence
the kindling in the wood stove was aflame as soon as I held a match to it
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The flamethrower, on the other hand, can set whole groups of nearby enemies aflame, which makes each subsequent attack word that much shorter and faster.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2025
She's been wowing fans with not only her triumphant return to regular on-camera work but also jaw-dropping beauty moments that have set the internet aflame with envious speculation and awestruck admiration.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Mar. 2025
The actors reliably restore it, and in any case there is pleasure to be had in watching Jacobs-Jenkins assemble his kindling stick by stick before setting it aflame.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The flight reached 1,500 feet before crashing in a fiery cloud less than 3 miles from the airport, setting several homes in the area aflame.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2025
She's been wowing fans with not only her triumphant return to regular on-camera work but also jaw-dropping beauty moments that have set the internet aflame with envious speculation and awestruck admiration.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Mar. 2025
The actors reliably restore it, and in any case there is pleasure to be had in watching Jacobs-Jenkins assemble his kindling stick by stick before setting it aflame.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The flight reached 1,500 feet before crashing in a fiery cloud less than 3 miles from the airport, setting several homes in the area aflame.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Aflame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aflame. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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