afire

• “She cast him a sultry look that set his blood afire.”

  Simon & Schuster: How to Woo a Reluctant Lady

• “The bush is afire, Moses discovered, and took off his shoes to dance.”

  The Huffington Post: Rev. Anne Howard: Grads: You Are Not Amazing

• “Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press BECKONING WARMTH: Pakistani children gathered to warm themselves at afire in a slum in Islamabad Friday.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Photos of the Day: Nov. 25

• “A 26-year-old street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself afire in protest against corruption and harassment by police.”

  Forbes: The Arabian Knights

• “Now, hand me a glass of sweet tea Mr. Simpson and finish telling the story about how you "catched yourself afire" while welding stuff.”

  The Huffington Post: Mark L. Walberg: What I've Learned On Antiques Roadshow

• “Manchuria is afire with labor strife because of the restructiruings.”

  Our Loss, China's Non-gain, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “The night of our birth, a thunderstorm had cracked a tree in the courtyard of the new church, setting the building afire until it was no more than a charred sliver of steeple and smoking pews.”

  Bone Hinge

• “Just dont catch yerself afire or steam soak your blanket in the process!!”

  Tricks to staying warm.

• “When the Japanese heard that the American troops had landed on the Philippines and were moving to Mendoro, the Japanese guards told 137 of the POWs to get into a ditch, then the guards poured gasoline on them, set them afire and tossed in grenades massacring almost all of the men.”

  Japan’s Unwarranted Criticisms

• “Martin, you jis 'tawk like a house afire; but you ain't got de show I has.”

  Jack London's Story - Moon Face: Planchette pg 3 of 3

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