Wildfire

//ˈwaɪldˌfaɪɚ//

"Wildfire" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Malicious gossip spreads like wildfire. I guess that's why they say bad news travels fast.

The news spread like wildfire.

The video spread like wildfire over the Internet.

The rumour spread through the town like wildfire.

Climate change threatens human health and well-being in many ways, including through impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, threats to mental health, and illnesses transmitted by food, water, and disease carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks. Some of these health impacts are already underway in the United States.

This disease spreads like wildfire.

The gossip spread around the school like wildfire.

The idea caught like wildfire.

Sami and Layla's affair turned into a raging wildfire.

The rumor spread like wildfire.

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So, it appears a revolution has happened and a very unexpected one. Of course it was only a matter of time before it happened. With WiFi connectivity spreading faster than wildfire and a laptop or tablet in one’s bag, what’s the point of a mobile nowadays?

“It was my own personal watch and I wanted to change the face,” she said in an interview during a recent business trip to New York. “I started wearing it, and it was wildfire — everybody wanted one.”

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