How to Use conflagration in a Sentence

conflagration

noun
  • The treaty is the latest attempt to resolve the ten-year conflagration.
  • At bedtime, there had been no hint of the conflagration to come.
    — Author: Robin Abcarian, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Oct. 2017
  • No fire jumper wants to be injured on the drop into a conflagration.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
  • Rarely a day passes when there is not a new threat of broader conflagration.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Poon described this as a warning from the gods about the conflagration to come.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The conflagrations have led tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Too much fuel in too thick of forests leads to massive conflagrations.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But during a free-speech conflagration, who should play the role of enforcer?
    — Vimal Patel, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The price of oil jumped quickly and has risen steadily as the prospect of a longer conflagration grows more likely.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
  • She was involved, of course, but not in the direct line of fire in either of these conflagrations.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Question is, what’s the dress for this conflagration-rich moment?
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Traces of the last global conflagration are never far off in Poland.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Flames shot from the roof and the church's stately front window glowed from the conflagration inside.
    — Fox News, 6 Dec. 2020
  • But if there’s a loss of life, a large conflagration or one that’s suspicious, the dogs are deployed.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 21 June 2017
  • Wednesday’s conflagration was the second house fire to kill a young girl in Newark in the past six months.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
  • At this point, experts say, even if a fire starts, the fuels aren’t dry enough to cause a massive conflagration.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The conflagration could be seen from New Haven, 70 miles away.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2023
  • An arsonist with a plan to burn down one structure may find that his conflagration takes down a slew of buildings.
    — Jennifer Rubin, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Land-use changes and the presence of non-native grasses also played a role in the conflagration.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The last two songs ended in all-out thrash conflagrations, delighting the slam-dancers at the center of the floor.
    — Steve Knopper, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
  • An op-ed sparked a similar conflagration at the Times in June.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
  • But any attack on Iran could go from a show of force by the West, to all-out conflagration in moments.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Then light the needles in several places, starting at the base, and fan the flames into a conflagration.
    — Peter Barrett, Outside, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The conflict has steadily ratcheted up to the brink of all-out war, raising fears of a region-wide conflagration.
    — Kareem Chehayeb, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Those who have served in any navy afloat can attest to how terrifying even the thought of a mass conflagration aboard a ship is, even when pier-side.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Monday saw a bit of a reprieve after the conflagration had doubled in size for each of the previous three days.
    — oregonlive, 13 July 2021
  • Facebook’s satellite had been in place during the test—a time-saving measure—and was lost in the conflagration.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 14 July 2023
  • But in many ways, 9/11 — and the epochal conflagration that followed — feels distant.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The bigger the conflagration and the greater the destruction, the better.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2017
  • The latest conflagration has already spread to other parts of the Gulf region.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026

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