Use of afire in Sentences. 28 Examples

The examples include afire at the start of sentence, afire at the end of sentence and afire in the middle of sentence

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afire at the end of sentence


  1. The house is afire!
  2. The house was afire.
  3. The clinic was set afire.
  4. The oil tanker was afire.
  5. All Dan's senses were afire.
  6. My skin was presently afire.
  7. At least one had been set afire.
  8. One of the boats had been set afire .
  9. And if you set this brain of mine afire.
  10. C., dumped gasoline on the bodies and set them afire.
  11. Guerrillas had overrun the exploration camp and set the rig afire.
  12. A spectacular, widely observed meteorite fall in Newfoundland on October 19, 1936, set a fishing boat afire.
  13. Messer and Mentavlos say male cadets dampened the fronts of their sweatshirts with nail polish remover and set them afire.

afire in the middle of sentence


  1. The house afire was a kitchen.
  2. He'd set them afire in no time.
  3. Love is afire whelloch burns unseen.
  4. Sydney is afire with Olympic enthusiasm.
  5. " Hell's afire -- Well, I beg your pardon again.
  6. But hell's afire, Scarlett, it can't be news to you.
  7. Her face was a pile of white cloud afire with red hair.
  8. His breath sets coals afire; a flame pours from his mouth.
  9. In Lushnje, the town hall was set afire with Molotov cocktails.
  10. When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out of the mouth.
  11. United Nations troops are responsible for enforcing afire in the area.
  12. It contained a great hall but was considerably altered following afire in 1871.
  13. Down the pillar of rock, head afire and limbs like ice. Too scared to look down.
  14. Hundreds of small wooden fishing boats are set afire and dozens are torn to pieces by the blast.
  15. Longtime residents recall seeing police cars overturned and set afire because the officers had dared tried to patrol here.

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literally -
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In a literal sense.