on fire

Example Sentences

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“This totally set our world on fire, and flipped us upside down,” John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, told me in an interview on Tuesday.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

The father of a young family has described how he rushed into their home to grab their pet dog and personal belongings after the listed building next door was set on fire.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Read: Intel’s stock has been ‘absolutely on fire.’

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

“The bombs aren’t dropping, and earnings have been on fire and the economy’s resilience has been phenomenal,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, told Bloomberg Television on Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

At other times her bones seemed to be on fire.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr