flame
noun
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
are flaming
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present progressiveof flame.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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There are flaming torches, dry-ice fog banks and explosions.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2015
Churches, synagogues, ashrams and mosques without reason are flaming candles without light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elsewhere, there are flaming hoops perched at different levels that performers slip in and out of with ease, as though the hoops were only metal and not encased in flickering flames.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
The sledge-horse sets out, he is strong and free,— His nostrils are flaming, so glad is he.
From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Martha A. Lyon Holcomb
I think I like you best when you are quiet and gentle, and not when you are flaming out and sarcastic, sir.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
