Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Seasonal agricultural burning, forest fires and weather patterns produce an annual pollution season across much of Southeast Asia.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Two years ago, forest fires killed at least 120 people in the Valparaíso region near Santiago.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

One study, published in 2023, said that summer forest fires in California have burned five times the area between 1996 and 2021 compared with the prior 25-year period.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Across Central America, Indigenous and local communities are working to restore damaged lands, prevent forest fires, and revive traditional, bird-friendly livelihoods such as sustainable allspice and cacao production.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

An all-engulfing panic took him, there in the halls of the Gods whose very existence had been forgotten—octopus-faced gods and gods who were only mummified hands or falling rocks or forest fires...

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman