burn
verb (used without object)
to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire.
are burning
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present progressiveof burn.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some 220,000 people have been evacuated in France and more than 100,000 in Spain, where fires are burning "uncontrolled" west of Madrid.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Almost 900 blazes are burning across a vast boreal forest in the country’s hardest-to-reach, least-populous areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Defenders facing saturation attacks are burning through million-dollar inventory, and the math compounds quickly.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Crews are using water cannons to blast about 12,000 gallons of water per minute at pallets of products that are burning on 65-foot-tall, 600-foot-long metal racks inside the storage facility, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
In a matter of minutes, my throat and nose are burning.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
