How to Use burn down in a Sentence

burn down

verb
  • Of the fact our city burns down….
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • Hey, brain surgeon, my house burned down.
    — Tom Wait, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • His parents’ house burned down, too.
    — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • This isn't the first time one of Dambo's trolls has burned down.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Her car has been burned down twice, and her life has been threatened.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The world is still their oyster, even if part of it is burning down.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • At some point, cities no longer burned down, only blocks or buildings did.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Banks threatened to burn down Del Rey’s house with voodoo.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
  • Why does Victor burn down the tower?
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • On the first day of the revolt, the rebels burned down sixteen sugar mills.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • One of them burned down, and the other sustained damage.
    — Sarah Batcha, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • If charcoal, allow to burn down past super hot.
    — CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • If one post office burned down, mail delivery wouldn’t stop.
    — Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
  • Hunter said her home and the wedding chapel weren’t the only things that were burned down by the wildfire.
    — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Then, right around the time SimAnt was coming out, Wright’s house burned down.
    — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • When the local church burned down, businesses helped rebuild it.
    — Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows, and his house burns down.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
  • Nazarian and residents said a home once sat on the property, but burned down.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The Boise Fire Department burned down most of the mall last winter.
    — Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026
  • The Arizona team found a simple way to burn down the hardware requirements.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
  • You guys let my entire neighborhood burn down, remember?
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Everything changed after his house burned down in the Palisades Fire.
    — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • Sylvie Andrews, whose Altadena home burned down, took the new survey.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And two, Elizabeth burning down the dollhouse.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The call came at an emotional moment, just after her home burned down in the Palisades Fire.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Once the wax burns down too low, the remaining heat can overheat and potentially crack the glass container.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • In a press statement, Rodriguez described flying to Norway after her house burned down.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The fire devastates the area, burning down the couple's entire property.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • In January 2025, his house burned down in the Palisades Fire.
    — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • The night before classes began in 1913, the Douglass schoolhouse was burned down.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026

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