Wondering how to use Bonfire in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fire.
Bonfire meaning
- A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
- A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
- Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
Synonyms of Bonfire
Using Bonfire
- The main meaning on this page is: A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal. | A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish. | Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
- Useful related words include: balefire, fire.
- In the example corpus, bonfire often appears in combinations such as: the bonfire, bonfire night, bonfire and.
Context around Bonfire
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bonfire
- In this selection, "bonfire" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, antiville, historic, huge, night, management and collapsed stand out and add context to how "bonfire" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1879 arch bonfire ceremonial bonfire and 1999 the bonfire collapsed during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bonfire" sits close to words such as addis, bailout and bittersweet, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bonfire
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dancing nude around a bonfire is it's own reward. (10 words)
A similar bonfire of instruments was organised by the Taliban on 19 July. (13 words)
Children at a private Merseyside bonfire night part cooking sausages over the fire. (13 words)
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, North Liverpool – Working with 90 young people hosting interactive physical and wellbeing sessions on mischief night, Halloween and Bonfire Night between 5.30pm and 9.30pm with games, food and refreshments. (35 words)
In 1999, the bonfire collapsed during construction, killing 12 and injuring 27. The bonfire ceased to be university affiliated at that point, but came back as an unofficial event a few years later. (33 words)
For those of you who are celebrating Halloween or planning to watch fireworks next week on Bonfire night, high street brands and online shops are offering pay day discounts from today onwards. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bonfire management has been highlighted in Mid and East Antrim following the death of Larne man John Steele after a fall from the Antiville bonfire in the town last July.
In 1999, the bonfire collapsed during construction, killing 12 and injuring 27. The bonfire ceased to be university affiliated at that point, but came back as an unofficial event a few years later.
November 5th sees Britain’s largest Guy Fawkes celebrations in nearby Lewes, but delightful Firle has its own historic Bonfire Society too, with huge bonfire, fireworks, parade and marching band.
Tremorvah Playing Fields Bonfire and Firework Display, Truro: Annual bonfire and firework display with glow sticks, sparklers, hot food and refreshments, from 5pm.
Most are held in Blair Arch or Class of 1879 Arch. *Bonfire – Ceremonial bonfire that takes place in Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall.
After the show, folks can warm up near a bonfire and grab dinner from a food truck.
AS Bonfire Night gets closer, here's what you need to know about the Glasgow North East Fireworks Festival.
A similar bonfire of instruments was organised by the Taliban on 19 July.
As we celebrate another Bonfire Night, it seems a fitting time to 'remember, remember' the fifth of November's with these 21 archive photos.
Between Monday through Friday this week from 7 until 9 a.m., there will be free Bonfire coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and breakfast snacks for cyclists.
Children at a private Merseyside bonfire night part cooking sausages over the fire.
Cosgrove company Keith Emmett and Sons has run the traditional bonfire night entertainment in the city since 1978 and each year tens of thousands of people attend.
Critics of the bonfires will be delighted to hear that if four complaints are registered by residents living within 200 metres of the bonfire then the permit can be rescinded.
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, North Liverpool – Working with 90 young people hosting interactive physical and wellbeing sessions on mischief night, Halloween and Bonfire Night between 5.30pm and 9.30pm with games, food and refreshments.
Dancing nude around a bonfire is it's own reward.
Don’t forget to say hello to the hotel’s resident healer and certified Chakra Master around the nightly bonfire.
For those of you who are celebrating Halloween or planning to watch fireworks next week on Bonfire night, high street brands and online shops are offering pay day discounts from today onwards.
Gates open at 5pm, with the bonfire being lit at 7pm and fireworks going off at 7.30pm.
He said: “The Bonfire period is one the busiest spells for our staff and our emergency service partners, who work tirelessly to keep people safe.
I'm like, "Yeah, it doesn't smell normal," just a normal bonfire or burn, it smelled chemical.
Common combinations with bonfire
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bonfire 37×
- bonfire night 34×
- bonfire and 20×
- bonfire of 15×
- bonfire in 11×
- and bonfire 9×
- to bonfire 6×
- bonfire for 6×
- annual bonfire 5×
- bonfire at 5×