Example sentences for: flames

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

  • One small group reversed its descent down stairwell A after being advised by another civilian that they were approaching a floor "in flames."

  • Reporters described the "outpouring" of emotion at the makeshift shrine, mentioning the address over and over again: 20 N. Moore St., 20 N. Moore St. The accompanying videotape used close-up shots and slow pans of the not-entirely cluttered stoop; the camera lingered over the flickering flames of memorial candles and the droplets of water clinging to the flower petals.

  • Only a month later, on 27 February, the Reichstag went up in flames.

  • Hillary Clinton messed with health insurance and went down in flames.

  • ' " But the foreign minister also warned the United States that it must "not say anything or do anything that will fan the flames of Taiwan independence or encourage Lee Teng-hui's separatist remarks or activities."


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