Afire

//əˈfaɪɚ//

"Afire" in a Sentence (3 examples)

He came tearing around the corner, driving like a maniac, going like a house afire.

She set my heart afire.

A 50-year-old sheep and goat farmer was arrested last week after a surveillance camera captured him setting undergrowth afire Thursday near the town of Montesarchio, 48 kilometers from Naples in southern Italy.

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