How to Use flaming in a Sentence

flaming

adjective
  • The great flaming mouth to the thing is never in this world going to be stuffed full.
    — Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The flaming lava lights up the night sky in shocking hues of orange and red.
    — Fox News, 26 Feb. 2021
  • One allegedly tossed a flaming lighter at her, setting her neck and face on fire.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2020
  • When everything on Earth is chaos, just look to the flaming rocks above.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Spoon the flaming sauce over the fruit until the flame is extinguished.
    — Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 July 2021
  • The trees’ needles glowed a flaming orange; their bark was a ghostly gray.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022
  • The flaming red Nazi emblem on the tail flares in vivid contrast to the gray of the bag.
    — Kurt Chandler, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
  • This is what their pumpkin spice doughnut, which is part of their flaming station, is all about.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Hectic, comedic, toxic, alone, a flaming meringue on a tide of brimstone.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Once the collar was off, the officers and dog can be seen sprinting away from the flaming car.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Copperhead refers to his flaming red hair, which is about the only thing his father gave him.
    — Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Upon seeing the flaming truck, a motorist stopped on the freeway to help.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2017
  • To understand why this was the case, the researchers modeled their flaming gas.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 8 June 2020
  • Hannah Montana soundtrack left a flaming pile of s--- at my door.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Armstrong, a superstar of flaming gas, burning with spite and hubris, struck back.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 14 Sep. 2021
  • My mother, with a feisty drive that matched her flaming red hair and wondrous freckles, wouldn’t let that happen.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2021
  • How did an indie artist who specialized in yearning restraint wind up singing in front of a flaming sedan?
    — Mark Blankenship, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2021
  • A week later, the star shared photos of herself in Athens in a flaming hot bikini.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 24 July 2023
  • The couple finished that second date at Bluestem, with a flaming orange drink.
    — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Alex struck a match and held it to the note, then tossed the flaming paper into the nothingness where the table had been.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • That was 16 years ago, but the flaming image would re-inspire Vasquez later on.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2021
  • While the 1-year-old guinea pig may not have flaming locks of auburn hair, this brunette beauty has no intention of stealing your man.
    — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Katy Perry as a flaming hot Cheeto Look out, hot stuff coming through!
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • In Burchfield's work, lush trees are outlined with flaming haloes; skies are dense with storm clouds or radiant with the light of the sun.
    — Peter Terzian, ELLE Decor, 10 June 2010
  • On the museum steps, a Black man in a hoodie and mask hurled a flaming projectile at the building.
    — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The boy was hit by a flaming stream of gasoline that shot out of the machine, his aunt told the Idaho Statesman.
    — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 25 Aug. 2017
  • From flaming surfaces to raging storms, and colossal cliffs to icy fissures, each of these locations has a unique hazard.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
  • And Perrin helped dig up the flaming Horn of Valere, which plays a big role in the second book in the series.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
  • In the confusion, Chloe grabs the necklace and deactivates the flaming part of the sword.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021
  • The flaming vehicle sparked a brush fire that scorched three acres and briefly threatened homes in the area before firefighters halted the blaze.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020

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