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How to use the word FLAMES in a Sentence?

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As the clock strikes midnight, let us not just mark a new year, but ignite the flames of hope within our hearts, kindling the path to transformative change.

Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
4 months ago

i haven’t succeeded, the world will not burst into flames at my death, puppies will not be named after me – i have no staying power.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
11 months ago

If they are already on site, they can immediately eliminate the fire, but if they’re like 2 miles away, they first need to drive there, and by that time, one-third of the house is already in full flames.

Emanuel Wyler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I believe that Donald Trump takes the GOP ticket down in flames if he captures the nomination. Not because Sen. Sanders and Gov. Dean say so, but because I believe his moment on center stage has passed, it is apparent to me that the Republican aspirants will gain more courage in attacking him the closer we get to primary season. Conversely, if Trump is not the nominee, there will be more Biden scrutiny. The Democrats will counter with a surprise legislative achievement that includes some GOP support.

Jacques DeGraff

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My guess is that the Ukrainians had something to do with it, but we'll have to wait and see how that unfolds. We do know for sure that this is humiliating for Vladimir Putin, he built this bridge, I remember the pictures of him driving across it — It was one of their great achievements. I think it was 2018 when that bridge was built, so it's nearly brand new and to watch it in flames, to watch the rest of the supply lines out of Crimea into southern Ukraine at risk is certainly something that is a game changer on the ground in Ukraine. As Trey reported this morning, Ukrainians are doing phenomenal work of liberating town after town after town and the Russian military is failing desperately.

Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

How can it add flames to inflation fires right now if you're paying down debt.

Joe Manchin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The candle exploded and emitted huge flames with bits flying everywhere, i've never seen anything like it. The whole thing was ablaze, and it was too hot to touch. There was an inferno in the room.

Jody Thompson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The officers attempted to remove Mr. Vagnone through the front driver side window of the vehicle, but due to intense physical heat and flames beginning to enter the cabin of the vehicle, they were unable to safely remove Mr. Vagnone, the officers attempted to douse the flames with fire extinguishers which enabled them enough time to grab hold of Mr. Vagnone from the passenger side of the vehicle.

Ridgefield Park Police Department

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Video surveillance further showed that 20 minutes later, the 2 suspects leave the location after which smoke can be seen emanating from the direction of the building and immediately thereafter flames can be seen on the video.

First Assistant Attorney Nelson Thayer

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The penitentiary personnel tried to take care of it themselves, but the flames were too strong and we had to wait for the arrival of the firefighters to control the situation.

Colombian Justice Minister Wilson Ruiz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What a shame to convince these flames they are only sparks; what a misfortune to say this fire is a flame. You, have always been gasoline, stop pretending I haven't always been the match.

unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

This morning we woke up to a huge explosion and heavy gunfire at the Burundian Army base in El-Baraf, which was attacked from several directions, we do not know how many soldiers were killed, but we saw smoke and flames.

Hawo Ali

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's simply no point in doing that to our children, and putting critical race theory into our classrooms in part does that. Putting critical theory into our classrooms is not combating racism. It's fanning the flames of what little embers are left. I encourage you to support this resolution. Let racism die the death it deserves.

Derrick Wilburn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We will not ever know ourselves again. Like the light that moves between the bars of light we sometimes called death, we , too, will have flowered, even with such unquenchable flames as these.

Paul Auster

added by jessr.85566
2 years ago

A combat vet from western PA who helped reignite the industrial flames of Pittsburgh--that's someone we can all get behind, he's the America First candidate in this race.

Sean Parnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

( They) rushed to the spot where they observed the wreckage of a military helicopter engulfed in flames, rescue teams from the local administration in the vicinity reached the site and attempted to recover the survivors.

Rajnath Singh

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The crisis along the Southern Border is raging on, and Cortez Masto and Kelly are fanning the flames.

An NRSC aide

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

All of a sudden we just hit the ground and the trees, and it burst into flames in the front, and then the right side burst into flames, i ripped the seat out and I turned it around and used it as a shield from the flames, and then I couldn’t get the seatbelt out and everyone was gone. I was like please get my seatbelt off.

Lise King

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Lake Tahoe ski resorts are using snow blowers to help fight flames from the Caldor FireSouth Lake Tahoe, normally bustling with vacationers, was a gray ghost town this week, with empty parking lots, closed roads and shuttered businesses as the fire's thick smoke hovered over the area.Evacuated residents should expect to stay out of their homes for the next couple of days.

Cal Fire Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Lake Tahoe ski resorts are using snow blowers to help fight flames from the Caldor FireSouth Lake Tahoe, normally bustling with vacationers, was a gray ghost town Tuesday, with empty parking lots, closed roads and shuttered businesses as the fire's thick smoke hovered over the area.Evacuated residents should expect to stay out of their homes for the next couple of days.

Cal Fire Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I could see flames coming up from Trumpf Manufacturing and as I got closer, I got pieces of fuselage, metal strewn throughout Farmington Avenue.

Caleb Vaichaus

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I saw black billows of smoke, i could see flames coming up from Trumpf Manufacturing and as I got closer, I got pieces of fuselage, metal strewn throughout Farmington Avenue.

Caleb Vaichaus

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I remember my daughter asking if we were going to die, and we weren't even anywhere like some folks that were trapped in the flames. But the fact that my daughter asked if we were going to die that day still resonates.

Jessica Roberts

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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