How to Use lighter fluid in a Sentence

lighter fluid

noun
  • Maybe squirt some lighter fluid on it and strike a match, just to be sure.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Sunday threw lighter fluid on the fire.
    — Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Harwood, meanwhile, set up a table and poured lighter fluid on it.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • Dad would question her drinking, which was like squirting lighter fluid on a roaring fire.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The man looked out his peephole and saw Gieske and heard the noise of someone shaking a lighter fluid can.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The bodies of the four teenagers were discovered the next morning when firefighters were called to put out a fire that had been set with lighter fluid.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • It was discovered Abugharbieh ordered items like duct tape, trash bags, a fake beard and lighter fluid in the days before the killings.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • When these Seahawks needed pregame fuel, Reed was a 315-pound can of lighter fluid.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Officers noticed that there was an open bottle of lighter fluid on the mantle that did not appear to have come into contact with an open flame.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
  • In the fourth inning, two protesters came on the field, spread the flag on the left-center field grass and doused it with lighter fluid, attempting to set it ablaze.
    — Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Jones was clearly talking about White’s attempt to douse the woman in lighter fluid and set her on fire as one of the most egregious factors.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Racial issues are central to the novel, making Opal’s onstage self-assuredness a feast for her fans, lighter fluid to her haters.
    — Lauren Morrow september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • His mother called the police, like his father would a year later, when Luc was found at midnight starting fires in the driveway with a gas can and lighter fluid.
    — Longreads, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Police said Hopson's DNA was found on the lighter fluid bottle and on a ski mask recovered from the car.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 7 May 2026
  • Paige helped with finishing touches like adding the mailbox, installing the storm door, and details like providing charcoal, lighter fluid and a set of tools for the new grill on the new deck.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • So did barbecue lighter fluid, dry cleaners, paints, deodorants, breweries, and the ethanol in the aromas from commercial bakeries.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The employee then reported that the man allegedly sprayed the lighter fluid onto the business exterior, and then attempted to light it on fire.
    — Vanessa Carlson Bender, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The caller told dispatchers that, during a FaceTime call, the man poured lighter fluid throughout the residence, authorities said.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The investigation also revealed that the teen had a water bottle full of lighter fluid, another containing gasoline, and a lighter, according to officials.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Once inside, Schubert moved through the building, toppling county flags in the rotunda and setting the Columbia County flag on fire with lighter fluid, Heck said, according to the.
    — Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When an officer with the Sioux Falls Police Department arrived, the man allegedly had begun spraying lighter fluid on bundles of firewood outside of the business.
    — Vanessa Carlson Bender, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Inside the building, law enforcement found blood near a broken window and a lighter fluid bottle near an undetonated Molotov cocktail, according to the DOJ.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The affidavit includes surveillance stills from a Walmart in Meridian earlier that evening that investigators say show George purchasing two red gasoline cans and lighter fluid at a self-checkout register.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Fennell’s answer was lighter fluid to English majors’ fire, one that has raged online ever since Elordi was announced to play Emily Brontë’s Byronic hero in 2024.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Detectives on the scene found smoke detectors without batteries, open and apparently used bottle of lighter fluid, as well as mail and prescription medication allegedly belonging to Brown, according to Johnson.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In the days before the killings, Abugharbieh ordered supplies such as duct tape and lighter fluid from Amazon and searched for ways to dispose of bodies, according to court records obtained by the USA TODAY Network.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 May 2026

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