How to Use campfire in a Sentence

campfire

noun
  • We gathered around a campfire and shared stories.
  • Love a great campfire, but dread the thought of smelling like smoke?
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 6 July 2020
  • The girls sat around a campfire with s’mores and let down their walls.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 19 July 2021
  • Hit the trail, s’mores; there’s a new campfire dessert in town.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Freaky films are meant to be shared, in the dark, like campfire tales.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • They can be used on the stove top or in the oven or even over a campfire.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • At night, roast s’mores around a campfire, soak in the hot tub or stargaze.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Build your campfire in a metal ring or pit.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • They can be used on the stove or grill, in the oven, or over the campfire.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 July 2023
  • Fans can learn how to make a campfire and how to cook a fish fry atop the fire.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Fans can learn how to make a campfire and how to cook a fish fry atop the fire.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022
  • That night, the two stayed up late talking around the campfire.
    — Lois Smith Brady, New York Times, 28 May 2021
  • Around the campfire, their new friends cooked a big pan of paella.
    — Jane Black, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Stay cozy around the campfire and in the lodge with these slipper picks.
    — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Off to the left, past a dead campfire and some chairs, is the true dark of the woods.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • And, of course, stories and songs around the campfire are the norm.
    — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2022
  • Lime juice jolts this one too, but a whiff of campfire mellows the sting.
    — Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Games, a twilight hike and s’mores around the campfire are planned.
    — Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Though that stockpile is all gone now, the air still smells like a campfire.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • There will be s’mores, hot chocolate and fun games around the campfire.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • There will be games, a night hike, dinner and s’mores by the campfire.
    — Annie Alleman, Aurora Beacon-News, 10 June 2019
  • Plus, the blower can fan a campfire with a light or strong blast of air.
    — New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • What's the point of a campfire without s'mores?
    — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The oven will be smelling like a cowboy campfire—in the best way, of course!
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Both campfires and pets are allowed.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Mark croons and strums campfire acoustic.
    — Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • To put out a campfire, douse it with water, stir the coals and douse it again.
    — Randy Essex, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
  • Stay at the park lodge to close each leaf-peeping day with a cozy fall campfire.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • More campfires meant more people.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026

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