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Afire is an English word with synonyms like ablaze or lighted. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Afire in a sentence

Afire meaning

On fire (often metaphorically).

Synonyms of Afire

ablaze lighted on fire flaming burning blazing alight aflare aflame lit

Related words

Other words often associated with Afire or its synonyms:

passionate colorful light illuminated enkindled ignited colourful aroused glaring painful torrid flying

Using Afire

  • The main meaning on this page is: On fire (often metaphorically).
  • Useful related words include: ablaze, lighted, on fire, flaming.
  • In the example corpus, afire often appears in combinations such as: set afire, afire by, afire in.

Context around Afire

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

set 12× world 2× house 2× stage 1× country 1× coal 1×

Often after:

near 1× smoked 1× throwing 1×

Sentence patterns with Afire

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a house afire 1× a house afire throwing both 1× and set afire by a 1× and set afire the effigy 1× being set afire by a 1× of coal afire 1× organization set afire a era 1× persons set afire the panchayat 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a contrast to 1× a dumpster was 1× barbarian is a 1× boone where a 1× earlier this year 1× east coast attacked 1×

Common sentence endings:

a house afire 1× attack they said 1× both bolsheviks around 1× feels somewhat uninspired 1× for his wife 1× july 22 2024 1×

Words around Afire

Just before it in the word index:

afineevsky 2 afin 3 afilias 2 afikuyomi 2 afikpo 22 afikomen 3

Just after it in the word index:

afis 3 afiyo 2 afj 3 afk 2 afkari 4 afkhami 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulkadir 35 abed 35 abhay 35 abides 35 abiotic 35 abkhazia 35

Corpus analysis for Afire

  • In this selection, "afire" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, set, world, house, near, smoked and throwing stand out and add context to how "afire" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a house afire and a house afire throwing both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "afire" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with afire

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The organization set afire a era of Black protest. (9 words)

Barbarian is a house afire, throwing both Bolsheviks around. (9 words)

It is not your job to set the country afire. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Five vehicles were set afire in Gujjar Nagar area, while several others were overturned by protesters who alleged that there was stone-pelting on them from rooftops when they were taking out marches against the attack, they said. (38 words)

Security personnel walk past damaged vehicles of a government owned organization, that were set afire by a mob during clashes after violence erupted following protests by students against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 22, 2024. (37 words)

Wardha police on Friday filed a chargesheet before the court in the case of a 24-year old lecturer being set afire by a stalker on February 3, resulting in her death a week later in Hinganghat. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Boone, where a house was set afire for a scene depicting the rescue of several children.

They sat on a dharna on the national highway near Kurmannapalem crossroads and set afire the effigy of the Central government.

World leaders and just as importantly the general population were asleep on their watch in the 1930s as evil people prepared to set the world afire.

Security personnel walk past damaged vehicles of a government owned organization, that were set afire by a mob during clashes after violence erupted following protests by students against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 22, 2024.

The charred and damaged facade of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority in Dhaka on July 19, after it was set afire.

A dumpster was set afire near the police headquarters, which had its front windows broken out Friday night.

Earlier this year, the duo set the stage afire on “America’s Got Talent”, with their electrifying moves on the Bollywood number “Dhating naach”.

For about a quarter, you could buy little black cylinders that, when set afire, smoked and sent out a snake-like ash.

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The No. 1 engine was set afire while 20mm cannon shells ripped through the rest of the plane.

Wardha police on Friday filed a chargesheet before the court in the case of a 24-year old lecturer being set afire by a stalker on February 3, resulting in her death a week later in Hinganghat.

East Coast - Attacked and set afire by a group of men during a wake being held for his wife.

Five vehicles were set afire in Gujjar Nagar area, while several others were overturned by protesters who alleged that there was stone-pelting on them from rooftops when they were taking out marches against the attack, they said.

It is not your job to set the country afire.

The organization set afire a era of Black protest.

A contrast to the smell of sulphur from the burning culm dumps (the waste of coal afire).

Barbarian is a house afire, throwing both Bolsheviks around.

Police said that unknown persons set afire the Panchayat Ghar in Nutnussa village in Kupwara.

When JYD gets the hot tag he comes in a house afire.

Empty demolition ships utilized the tactic to crash into opposing ships and set it afire with an explosion.

He felt that apart from "Set the World Afire" and "Mary Jane", the rest of the album "feels somewhat uninspired".

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Common combinations with afire

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "afire" in a sentence?
An example: "Boone, where a house was set afire for a scene depicting the rescue of several children." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "afire" from authentic English texts.
What does "afire" mean?
Afire means: On fire (often metaphorically).
What are synonyms of "afire"?
Common synonyms of "afire" include: ablaze, lighted, on fire, flaming, burning, blazing, alight, aflare. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "afire" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "afire", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.