How to Use fire-breathing in a Sentence

fire-breathing

adjective
  • The larger dragon has two car launchers and a fire-breathing effect that wrecks passing cars.
    — Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
  • May isn’t a fire-breathing, big-personality coach.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Johnston then started fire-breathing by blowing a liquid fuel onto the staff.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Jace attempts to help, but when he and his own fire-breathing steed are finally settled down at sea, a litany of massive bolts pierce Jace, killing him instantly.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • The show also included two fire-breathing, transforming robots, appropriately named Arcticgon and Megasaurus.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2026
  • In 1997, Steve-O burned his face while attempting a fire-breathing backflip for the cult skateboarding publication Big Brother, putting him on the map in the world of stunts.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • Just a year after the company's first foray into motocross bikes, Ducati has unveiled the Desmo250 MX, a fire-breathing featherweight built to dominate tracks with possibly the highest revving engine in its class.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
  • The 63-year-old NBA commissioner who came up under the fire-breathing David Stern, and who has chosen diplomacy over dictatorship since taking over in 2014, doesn’t typically stick his chest out when discussing such matters of governance.
    — Sam Amick, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025

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