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
It also looks slightly like trying to produce a modern Don Quixote, feminine edition, and my cheeks are flaming so that I wouldn't look at them for worlds.
From The Tinder-Box by Maria Thompson Daviess
There are many beautiful women, the toilets are dazzling, and all the men are "flaming in purple and gold."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 by Various
