How to Use blaze in a Sentence

blaze

1 of 2 noun
  • All of that was lost in the blaze.
    — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • It is not yet known what caused the blaze.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The blast led to a 78-acre blaze.
    — Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • No one else was injured in the blaze.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The cause of the blaze is still unknown.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The size of the blaze was unclear.
    — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • No one was injured in any of the blazes.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • She was meant to go out in a blaze of glory.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
  • It was not yet known how the blaze started.
    — Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 17 May 2026
  • The blaze was quickly knocked down.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The massive blaze can be seen from streets away.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The blaze also spread to a home across the street.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Thankfully, no one was hurt in the blaze.
    — Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Dozens of blazes ignited from the storms.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Cal Fire said the blaze was 0% contained.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • The cause of the blaze hadn’t been determined.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 17 May 2026
  • All three sustained third-degree burns from the blaze.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His humans searched for him as the blaze raged, but came up empty.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Dozens of blazes ignited from those storms.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Hialeah Fire Rescue put out the blaze.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Nobody was injured in the blazes.
    — ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • How did the blaze allegedly start?
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That’s when crews called for a second alarm because of the size of the blaze.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Sanford, who then set a fire that grew into a large blaze, was killed at the scene.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • There was no immediate word on the cause of the blaze.
    — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The blaze lasted for hours as crews tried to get it under control.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The bus was evacuated as fire crews worked to put out the blaze.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Two adults and three juveniles died as a result of the blaze.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Fire crews were eventually able to put out the blaze.
    — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The Outerbelt isn’t marked with signs or trail blazes.
    — Diane Penningroth, Midwest Living, 12 June 2026

blaze

2 of 2 verb
  • There was so much trail to blaze.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 May 2026
  • Ready to roam, shine or blaze the trail?
    — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Jesse steps up on the mound and blazes the ball past him.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Witt blazed a trail on the basepaths.
    — Jaylon Thompson may 9, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
  • Canyon blazed to a big, early lead.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The sun would blaze the limestone steps.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The sun would blaze the limestone steps.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the two-seamer that kind of blazes a trail in.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Maybe hunters had blazed it out from a fly-in cabin on a lake.
    — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Necas is off to a blazing start this season.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Both rivals come blazing in on six-game win streaks.
    — Greg Cote january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Below are maps of where the fires are blazing.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Seeing if the car truly would just blaze through a red light?
    — Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Either way, the young guns blazed through the trials.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Fires still blaze in five fireplaces when the weather’s cold.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • You were sent here to destroy stereotypes & blaze the trail for all the have nots.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Pulisic came out blazing, but got kicked in the calf and sat out the second half.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 June 2026
  • Bright yellow and red silk blazed through the green leaves of the trees in the distance.
    — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
  • The sides of his face were flushed high up on his cheekbones, and were his eyes blazing?
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Bad Bunny's hot streak is straight up blazing at this point.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Had the sickness blazed new pathways and cast light on tangled old ones?
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • As fires blaze around the world, others are learning to follow suit.
    — Shannon Osaka, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • From up in the rafters, a single spotlight coldly blazed.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Her life inspired others to blaze their own trails, in law and in other fields.
    — AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • When the light hits just right, their throat feathers blaze iridescent red.
    — Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Which isn’t to say that Rhodes doesn’t blaze as both storyteller and star.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Not even Dan Marino came out the draft guns blazing.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Souls afire / like the blazing sun / tearing, breaking / through their pain.
    — Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The 55-year-old stunt performer had fire blazing across his back, arms and legs.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • No blazing new initiatives at this point.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025

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