How to Use firestorm in a Sentence

firestorm

noun
  • The bombing left the city engulfed in a firestorm.
  • His proposal set off a political firestorm.
  • How did the Vikings launch a firestorm?
    — FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Their deaths set off a firestorm of protests around the country.
    — Scott Barrett, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Clark’s on-court pay set off a firestorm when she was drafted.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Yet the study was met with a firestorm of doubt and criticism.
    — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Shein’s opening — and the run-up to that — lit a firestorm in France.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • And in doing so, set off a firestorm of criticism.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2026
  • Last week, Scott predicted that his plans would cause a firestorm.
    — Alex Rogers and Steve Contorno, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The explosive claim set off a firestorm of calls for re-opening the cold case.
    — Laura Jarrett, CNN, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Viewed today, that laugh sounds like the firestorm outside your window.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • His death sparked a firestorm of rage from the city’s fellow livery drivers.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Just two and half months ago, Rogers walked into a firestorm of his own making.
    — Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
  • That set off a firestorm of debate about use of the trading app by young or naive investors.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 17 June 2020
  • Floyd’s death touched off a firestorm of protests that reached every corner of the nation.
    — Peter Yankowski, Houston Chronicle, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The inequity sparked a firestorm on social media.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But the approaching firestorm, and the race against the clock with life at stake, was very real.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Read more about the firestorm surrounding her death at The Week.
    — Jeva Lange, The Week, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Chris Myron had seen his dad just hours before the firestorm began.
    — Zach Urness, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The move to fire even five staffers resulted in a firestorm on Twitter.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Trump wrote in a firestorm of tweets after midnight last Monday.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2020
  • Two social media posts let to a firestorm of fan theories.
    — Bryan West, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The threat to close the Baghdad embassy provoked a firestorm.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2020
  • That’s not the case in some states, and a move to ban guns from polling places in Michigan has caused a firestorm.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The killing ignited a social media firestorm amid a statewide search for the killer.
    — Carlie Procell, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The shooting set off a local firestorm, with some calling for murder charges to be brought.
    — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • That fund, however, set off a firestorm in Congress.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 2 June 2026
  • Then came the Jeffrey Epstein firestorm.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Why not ignites a firestorm in America?
    — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The question touched off a firestorm in the province, which is home to nearly a quarter of the seats up for grabs.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021

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