How to Use on fire in a Sentence

on fire

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  • Travis jerked open the door and slid on his butt down a wing that was on fire.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Her neighbor’s home was on fire, dark smoke billowing from the house.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • The Saudi state news agency said one of its tankers had been hit and was on fire.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • Within two days, hundreds of theaters had been called, and pre-sales were on fire.
    — Justine Bateman, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Its stickiness meant that no amount of water could stop a body from feeling as if on fire.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • If a movie script didn’t light the world on fire, there was still a shot at ubiquity through the soundtrack.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • When the sheriff's office arrived at the scene, the plane was on fire and sinking.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Court records show that Willacy beat her, bound her and set her on fire before fleeing.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • But the must-see band, currently on fire, were simply outshone.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Officials were not able to comment on what prompted the man to set himself on fire.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Crerand was two when his father, on fire watch at a shipyard, was hit and killed by a Luftwaffe bomb.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • TeraWulf has been on fire, soaring more than 500% over the past year.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 29 June 2026
  • Sacramento Fire crews arrived to find a tree, fence and two houses on fire.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The military released a video showing the strike and the vessel on fire.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The music was so good and Emma D’Arcy was, once again, on fire.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • For him, love was the one essential in a world perpetually on fire.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • Latin America is on fire and many believe that growth will continue for years to come.
    — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 3 July 2026
  • In the DreamBreaker, Dallas was on fire and opened up a huge lead.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Ali was about to set the animal on fire before Hotch intervened.
    — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Little League Baseball is on fire even before the big days in Williamsport.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the following days, looters tore through the streets, setting hundreds of buildings on fire.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • During evening blackouts, residents bang pots and pans, take to the streets to protest, or set the trash piling on the streets on fire.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • An image released by the Coast ​Guard showed the seaplane on fire in the water at the crash site.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 24 July 2026
  • The northern part of the country is on fire, and the southern border is being overrun by migrants.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Firefighters first received a 911 call about a mattress on fire in the basement.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
  • Even smaller fireworks, like sparklers, burn at very high temperatures and can be hot enough to cause severe burns or set clothing on fire.
    — Parents, 2 July 2026
  • The man is then seen lighting the red Corvette on fire but stays at the scene watching the car burn from across the street, according to police.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The couple then allegedly poured gasoline over the vehicle and set it on fire while Koza was still inside.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • The man told the resident that a neighbor's house was on fire as a distraction, while others walked in and burglarized the house.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Jarvis spent nearly three and a half years in state custody after being charged with arson for lighting his stepdad’s three-wheeler on fire.
    — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

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