on fire


see set on fire; set the world on fire.

Words Nearby on fire

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How to use on fire in a sentence

  • To be sure, conservative Christian leaders would always love a more visibly on-fire believer like Rick Santorum.

  • The old-fashioned heaven was a poor thing beside it, and his shirt was on the daughter of Shirt-on-fire.

    The Forsyte Saga, Complete | John Galsworthy
  • Still there were others left, and the house-on-fire line had a good deal to recommend it.

    Parkhurst Boys | Talbot Baines Reed
  • That set me all on-fire, and I could not rest for thinking of what I might do if I could only find my way into society.

    Name and Fame | Adeline Sergeant