Example sentences for: ignited

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

  • "We have ignited the very human rights catastrophe the war was started to avoid," declared Pat Buchanan on Face the Nation . Columnist Arianna Huffington compared Kosovo to Waco, arguing that just as Clinton's actions six years ago "precipitated" the murder-suicides by the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, his intervention in Kosovo "has unwittingly produced one of the great humanitarian catastrophes of the 20 th century."

  • It is the charge that is ignited, not the “explosion”; also, black powder does not explode: it burns.

  • 4. The spark that ignited TWA 800's fuel tank could have been caused by one of these misdirected power surges, since there were several military planes, helicopters, and even a naval destroyer travelling nearby at the time.

  • The pan is the part of the gunlock that contains a small quantity of fine gunpowder ignited by sparks produced by the flint shearing small bits of metal from the frizzen . A small hole bored in the barrel allows the charge to be ignited.

  • 2) A Church of England priest has ignited a furor by arguing that it's OK to shoplift from chain supermarkets because they're driving local stores out of business.


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