Example Sentences

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On one of those recent mild evenings, beyond the drab rock walls that surround the jail, there were flaming torches and a Hollywood-style red carpet.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2013

Within a few hours hundreds of square miles were flaming with battle.

From Time Magazine Archive

But now the Blue Ridge Mountains were flaming in fall color.

From Time Magazine Archive

Steaming in that direction at once, the Arcturus came to Albermarle Island, largest in the Galapagos group, where two volcanic peaks were flaming with "fiery cascades of lava ... an unforgettably magnificent spectacle."

From Time Magazine Archive

She knew that her cheeks were flaming, but she held her head high under the feathered bonnet.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare