How to Use bushfire in a Sentence

bushfire

noun
Definition of bushfirenext
  • With no end in sight to the bushfire crisis, such calls are bound to grow.
    — The Economist, 31 Dec. 2019
  • This is said to be the worst bushfire in the area since the Ash Wednesday inferno in 1983.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2015
  • Behind him, light from the bushfires suffused the sky like fresh blood.
    — Annette Lin, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2020
  • More than 40 bushfires were burning across New South Wales state.
    — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The plight of koalas during the recent bushfire crisis made headlines here and abroad.
    — Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2020
  • The pilots were part of an effort to tame a large bushfire currently raging in the area.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
  • That's how many acres of land had been scorched by bushfires in Australia since September, as of last week.
    — Alex Baker-Whitcomb, Wired, 6 Jan. 2020
  • In fact, particles from the Australian bushfire smoke have blown half way around the planet.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The bushfires have been burning for months now and have devastated large swathes of the country.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • At least 3 people are dead and more missing as Australia braces for more #bushfires.
    — Emily Cadman, Bloomberg.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • Late last year and early this year, Australia suffered what was the worst bushfire season on record.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 Dec. 2020
  • People who are leaving home due to the bushfires are asked to register with the Red Cross Register.
    — Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2020
  • It’s estimated that more than 350 koalas have died in the bushfires, according to CNN.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Never before have bushfires struck Australia on such a scale.
    — The Economist, 16 Nov. 2019
  • His entry showed a bird’s eye view image taken by a drone of a line of bushfire ripping through a wildlife reserve in Queensland.
    — NBC News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • More than 350 koalas are feared to have been killed by bushfires in NSW, according to animal experts.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But awareness has certainly been raised by now after months of bushfires and a week of doubt and debate at Melbourne Park.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The bushfires also unleashed plumes of smoke so voluminous they could be seen from space.
    — Bymaya Wei-Haas, science.org, 10 May 2023
  • Ball previously donated a month of his NBL salary to the victims of the Australian bushfire.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2020
  • In August, 2021, five Portuguese firefighters were battling a bushfire in the south of the country when a sudden wind drove the blaze up a steep slope beneath them.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Bloomberg Sydney Fires Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, is covered in smoke due to a series of bushfires that have just combined in to a mega-blaze to the city’s north.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Since the fire season began in late July, large swaths of Australia have been devastated by the worst bushfires in decades.
    — Paul Vercammen, CNN, 5 Feb. 2020
  • And the final major stop is Kangaroo Island, where guests will whale watch, tour vineyards, and learn about the impact of bushfires on the ecosystem.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
  • At least half a billion animals have been killed by the Australian bushfires, and a Kentucky park is doing its part to help with relief.
    — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Like being in New Zealand when that volcano erupted or Australia while the bushfires were going on.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2020
  • And while most of the regions with silo art weren’t affected by the recent bushfires, many of the farming communities with the murals remain in the grip of drought.
    — National Geographic, 11 May 2020
  • Each platypus will be tracked for the next two years to better understand how to intervene and relocate the species in the event of drought, bushfire, or flood, researchers said.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 15 May 2023
  • At the same time, the value of the Australian dollar surged to a 25-year high against the U.S. dollar, and drought and bushfires decimated vineyards and wineries in Victoria.
    — Elin McCoy, Bloomberg.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Heat waves The same mechanism that set the stage for the historic bushfire season in Australia also supercharged the heat wave which helped fuel those fires.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • For the past couple of weeks, people around the world have watched in horror as massive bushfires have continued to ravage huge portions of Australia.
    — Elizabeth King, Allure, 8 Jan. 2020

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