How to Use set a fire in a Sentence

set a fire

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  • Near the base of the cliff where the Buddhas once stood, some young men had dug a hole and set a fire to bake potatoes.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The windows of the bank branch on the skyscraper’s first floor were smashed and someone set a fire was set on a desk inside the building.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 2 June 2020
  • The man then allegedly set a fire in the home, police said, with smoke visible from the second floor.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • This was after Bynes was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold that same year and set a fire in a neighbor's driveway.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2022
  • This came after Bynes was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold that same year and set a fire in a neighbor's driveway.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Amid unrest after George Floyd’s death, someone set a fire in a Goodwill.
    — Daric L. Cottingham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
  • On March 11, police were called back to the business complex because someone set a fire in a restroom in one of the buildings.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Gusts were ripping through the Santiam Canyon and the power lines in Gates fell, charged a metal fence and instantly set a fire.
    — Jake Thomas, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Protesters also set a fire in an office in the Justice Center, shared by the city and county.
    — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The jail exposure began, the suit says, on May 29, the night demonstrators broke into an office of the Justice Center and set a fire.
    — oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Wearing only blue boxer shorts and one black sock, a man climbed atop the roof of a Boyle Heights church Wednesday night and set a fire at the foot of a small cross, authorities said.
    — Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2021
  • Authorities said Wimbish has a history of mental health issues and had in the past set a fire at his home.
    — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Setting up the unit took about five minutes due in part to the straightforward instruction sheet that outlined how to set a fire and what precautions to take.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Along with stealing all of the merchandise, looters set a fire inside the building, which set off the sprinklers and damaged vintage posters displayed on the wall.
    — Tyler Arnold, Washington Examiner, 3 June 2020
  • Their warehouse flooded after vandals set a fire that tripped the sprinkler system.
    — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2021
  • Inmates broke windows, set a fire and threw debris to the ground late Sunday at a downtown St. Louis jail that's been plagued by uprisings in recent months.
    — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Inmates broke windows, set a fire, and threw debris to the ground late Sunday at a St. Louis, Missouri jail that has been plagued by uprisings in recent months.
    — Fox News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The Christmas day station attackers damaged equipment at each station and set a fire at one.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Court documents say Jackson used a construction sign to break a glass door at the Target building and, once inside, set a fire on a counter in a mailroom.
    — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Although the home had been vacant for less than a year, Cross later learned that squatters had accidentally set a fire.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2021
  • The man who set a fire at a Westwood apartment building two years ago that killed a 64-year-old resident and injured two others was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 30 June 2021
  • Part of the training, as important as how to set a fire, is to show people how to be aware of their surroundings and to have plans in place should something unexpected happen.
    — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The thought of dying from diabetes (her mother passed from complications related to the disease) and leaving him alone set a fire in her.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 July 2021
  • Protesters threw fireworks and set a fire at the union building, and officers quickly declared a riot.
    — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The men cut a hole in part of a window grating with a saw before the theft, then set a fire in order to cut the power supply to streetlights outside the museum, prosecutors claimed.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 16 May 2023
  • The men cut a hole in part of a window grating with a saw before the theft, then set a fire in order to cut the power supply to streetlights outside the museum, prosecutors claimed.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 16 May 2023
  • Last week, protesters set a fire at the ancestral home of Khomeini himself, activists say .
    — Matthew Mulligan, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The arson charge stemmed from a fire that had been deliberately set a fire at Escondido mosque Dar-ul-Arqam about a month before the shooting in Poway.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • The arson charge stemmed from a fire that had been deliberately set a fire at Escondido mosque Dar-ul-Arqam about a month before the shooting in Poway.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • Jackson used a construction sign to break through the glass doors of Target's corporate building and then intentionally set a fire on a counter inside the mailroom.
    — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021

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