Example sentences for: firestorm

How can you use “firestorm” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A firestorm of feminist controversy already surrounds some of these works--one side contends that these are refreshingly de-idealized nudes, the other side responds that the unusual poses and aggressive use of pastel are further degradations of women--but you wouldn't know it from the placid audio tour, or from the printed "exhibition guide" that replaces the usual wall panels.

  • The IRS firestorm leads at USA Today , the New York Times , and the Los Angeles Times . At the Washington Post , the lead national story is President Clinton's appearance at ceremonies commemorating the 40th anniversary of the forced integration of Central High in Little Rock.

  • There was much cluck-clucking among movie critics about the dual appearance of Firestorm and Hard Rain , since both were about murderous crimes occurring in the course of natural disasters and both featured kick-ass heroines eager to risk their lives for imperiled stained-glass windows or the abandoned hatchlings of a Steller's Jay.

  • One Israeli's observation in the LAT seems particularly insightful: the root of the firestorm is that Israelis are sensing that for the first time, in American eyes the Palestinians are now being viewed as on their level.

  • This September, the New England Journal of Medicine created a firestorm when it accused researchers of conducting unethical experiments to reduce HIV in newborns in Third World countries.


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