How to Use blaze in a Sentence
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You were sent here to destroy stereotypes & blaze the trail for all the have nots.
— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023 -
The campground at the fairground is in the woods, which acts as a buffer to the blazing sun.
— Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023 -
Seeing if the car truly would just blaze through a red light?
— Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023 -
Outside, the lights of Times Square blazed their daylight into the night.
— Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023 -
The 55-year-old stunt performer had fire blazing across his back, arms and legs.
— Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 26 July 2023 -
On the day of the meal, the entrance and the garden are lined with blazing candles to welcome guests.
— Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 12 June 2023 -
Both Mars and Jupiter will blaze nicely on either side of the Moon as the eclipse begins.
— Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022 -
Which isn’t to say that Rhodes doesn’t blaze as both storyteller and star.
— Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 -
Ready to ignite those 50 sparks and keep your love blazing?
— Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024 -
As fires blaze around the world, others are learning to follow suit.
— Shannon Osaka, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023 -
As the afternoon sun blazed, the air filled with the wailing of sick and hungry children.
— Abdi Latif Dahir Joao Silva, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The specks blazed with light and shot away from the sun, accelerating.
— Karl Schroeder, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2024 -
Her life inspired others to blaze their own trails, in law and in other fields.
— AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2022 -
At this time of year, Bethlehem should be blazing with light and song.
— Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023 -
Just like this many-layered dessert forged in fire, my life has been all about blazing my own trail.
— Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023 -
La Habra, with a zone press that helped create six first-quarter turnovers, blazed to an 11-2 lead in the first few minutes.
— Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Chris Hemsworth is blazing new trails with his daughter!
— Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023 -
Actors come from all over the country to Chicago to create their own work and blaze their own trail.
— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 -
Souls afire / like the blazing sun / tearing, breaking / through their pain.
— Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Over the years, Swift has also blazed a path for the next generation of female artists.
— Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023 -
Once again, there’s little cloud cover and little breeze to ease the blazing sun.
— Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023 -
Next to Branch on the dais after the game, linebacker Mason Cobb’s eyebrows shot up at the mention of the blazing track time.
— Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023 -
These can give you whole-home Wi-Fi 6 coverage at blazing speeds for a great price.
— K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023 -
So, which pitch is actually harder to hit: the blazing heater at the top of the zone, or the drop-off-the-table splitter?
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023 -
All right, this is San Diego, not Vermont, so there may not be fireplaces blazing.
— David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023 -
Scott has blazing speed, and can impact a game on both offense and defense.
— Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Ivan Sutherland has blazed a truly unique trail through computing over the past six decades.
— IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023 -
Running on the same track, Thomas blazed around the turn and accelerated down the home stretch to win the women’s 200 by a wide margin.
— Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023 -
But while Raye’s rising star is blazing, there are so many experiences from throughout her career as a songwriter that linger and plague her peers in the art form.
— Delisa Shannon, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024 -
When the sun is blazing in the afternoon, the sleeveless top will be a godsend, but it can easily be layered under a cardigan or denim jacket during cool mornings and evenings.
— Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
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The blaze is believed to have started in the kitchen, per the Evening News.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024 -
The blaze sent the wooden buildings to the riverbed below.
— Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024 -
As the blaze climbed the hills and rushed up behind them, the men and boys ran through the trees and down a rocky trail.
— Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023 -
By then, firefighters should be able to put out the blaze.
— Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2023 -
Many who lost homes and businesses in the blazes are camping on the beach.
— Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023 -
The station said six to 10 people were displaced by the blaze.
— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023 -
There are few better ways to bask in the blaze of changing leaves and spot fall wildlife than by bike.
— Cindy Hirschfeld, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023 -
One firefighter died in the blaze and four were injured.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Five helicopters were scooping up water from the ocean to drop it on the blaze.
— Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2023 -
The two deputies, unable to carry the woman, who is unable to walk on her own, had to drag her out of the house as the blaze spread.
— Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024 -
There wasn’t any immediate word on what sparked the blazes.
— BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023 -
On Tuesday, heavy rain fell on some parts of the wildfire, calming the blazes a bit, the forest service said.
— Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023 -
The 2020 blaze killed a firefighter, injured more than a dozen and destroyed five homes.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 -
That accounts for more than half of all the blazes burning in the entire Amazon across nine countries.
— CNN, 2 Apr. 2024 -
Some evacuations were ordered as the flames spread, but fire crews were quickly able to slow the blaze.
— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023 -
As of Monday afternoon, that blaze had burned more than 800 acres and was 0% contained.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023 -
The cause of the blaze, which destroyed fire trucks and much of the station, is under investigation.
— Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024 -
Multiple firetrucks and firefighters were called in to help contain the blaze.
— Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023 -
On Wednesday, Rice was looking for cattle that survived the blaze and pairing them up with their calves.
— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024 -
Six units worked for hours to extinguish the flames, with firefighters manning aerials to get at the blaze from above.
— The Courier-Journal, 21 July 2023 -
The blaze did not cause any evacuations, but lawns and a few trees were damaged at two homes, Cooper said.
— Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023 -
The fire department is investigating the cause of the blaze.
— Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Video of the scene showed blazes and a huge column of smoke emerging from the building’s bottom floor, leaving charred what could be seen of its facade.
— Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024 -
Local fire crews continue to work on stamping out the blaze and clean up efforts after the fire burned down 48 homes.
— oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2023 -
In a letter to his cousin written a few weeks after the fire, Washington complained that the blaze had not done enough damage.
— Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2023 -
Last week, when 270 lighting strikes sparked six blazes in the area during a storm, emergency services got there before the fires could spread.
— Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2023 -
The fire sent thick smoke and towering flames into the sky and dealt a challenge to more than 160 firefighters who responded to put out the blaze.
— Jolie Lash, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The cause of this fire, which grew into the blaze that devastated the historic town of Lahaina, has not yet been determined.
— Tomas Navia, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023 -
Media outlets around the world piled on the speculation that an EV battery must have caused the blaze that wound up claiming one life.
— IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2023 -
Photographs taken at the scene showed huge blazes engulfing the vehicles and a thick mass of grey smoke billowing up from the flames.
— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 May 2024
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