How to Use ablaze in a Sentence

ablaze

adjective or adverb
  • Houses on both sides of the street were ablaze and no one else was around.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The skies clear, the land no longer ablaze but still a dry, flammable golden.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Trees were ablaze and flames were within 10 feet of the house.
    — Elliot Spagat and Andrew Dalton, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2017
  • With so many twists and turns, social media was ablaze with hot takes.
    — Patrick Crowley, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2018
  • One never knows which ember will land in the right spot to set it all ablaze.
    — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The first firefighters on the scene found a kitchen on the third floor was ablaze.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Lava set trees ablaze and threatened homes as gas spewed out of cracks in the ground.
    — Susannah Cullinane and Steve Almasy, CNN, 5 May 2018
  • Embers had sparked tiny flare-ups on the school grounds, setting palm trees ablaze.
    — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That evening, the sun set them ablaze as if the fire in his belly sought release.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Women vowed to set themselves ablaze if the film was released.
    — Sandip Roy, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Photos showed homes ablaze and clouds of smoke climbing high into the air.
    — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Photos showed homes ablaze, and clouds of smoke climbing high into the air.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The man quickly caught up with her and set the woman ablaze, the complaint said.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The skies were ablaze with disorder that night, the planets aghast in a quiver.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022
  • People trying to melt snow keep setting homes ablaze.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Then, once the song has ascended to its chorus, there is a dove, ablaze.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Effigies of Mehta were set ablaze.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Images taken on March 2 show ships ablaze at the port.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Iran attacked two oil tankers off the coast of Iraq overnight, setting them ablaze.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Iran attacked two oil tankers off the coast of Iraq overnight, setting them ablaze.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Iran attacked two oil tankers off the coast of Iraq overnight, setting them ablaze.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
  • They had been shot, three of them execution-style, and the store had been set ablaze.
    — Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Dylan Efron knows how to set the internet ablaze with thirst traps!
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Was this the same Christian Yelich that set the baseball world ablaze?
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The boat was fully ablaze when first responders arrived at the scene.
    — al, 9 May 2021
  • Auerbach’s plane was toward the tail end, and by then Tokyo was already ablaze.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • For an extra dose of red, head up in the fall, when the leaves of the hardwood trees are ablaze with color.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
  • Not far away, on a concrete pad, a stack of wood pallets was ablaze, the flames whipping around in a heavy wind.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Shops and cars were set ablaze, allegedly by cartel members.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Government buildings and banks set ablaze.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 25 Jan. 2026

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