flame
noun
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
is flaming
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present progressiveof flame (3rd person singular).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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Walt Disney Co.’s decision to discontinue its “Infinity” product line suggests the once-hot marriage between videogames and collectible figurines is flaming out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2016
When everybody else is flaming in purple and gold the ordinary diplomatic uniform is exceedingly simple and modest; but the Yankee diplomats are the most scrutinized and conspicuous persons to be seen.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 by Various
The sun is flaming; and night-birds can not bear to look at the sun.
From The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
The light of such is flame-colored; and the ideas of their thought are so tinged with what is flaming because they receive the good of love directly from the Lord as the sun in heaven.
From Heaven and its Wonders and Hell by John Ager
On this stands Darius before an altar, the fire on which is flaming.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
