How to Use brush fire in a Sentence

brush fire

noun
  • My right nipple is ablaze in a brush fire of discomfort.
    Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Clark once again reminded locals and others not to go into wooded areas affected by the brush fire.
    Gwen Filosa, miamiherald, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Anyone wishing to learn more about preventing brush fires can log on to FDNYsmart.org.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Troopers are urging drivers in Kissimmee to use caution Thursday morning because of light smoke from a brush fire.
    Isabelle D'antonio, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The state has seen drought conditions and very little rainfall over the past few months, leading to elevated fire risks and well over 100 brush fires.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, firefighters in Connecticut have been battling more than 100 brush fires.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Connecticut has reported over 80 brush fires and is under a Stage 2 drought advisory.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The same strong winds that threaten to turn brush fires into raging infernos on the southwestern side of this storm system will cause blowing snow and whiteout conditions on the northern side.
    Taylor Ward, Monica Garrett and Brandon Miller, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The smell of smoke from a brush fire in the pasture across the way.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 31 May 2018
  • In 2005, a small brush fire was traced back to a hot vent from the fire.
    Matthew Brown and Colleen Slevin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Bonnie, a blind girl trapped in a brush fire near the beach?
    Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, 30 July 2018
  • Be aware of a road closure due to a brush fire burning in the riverbed in @CityofSantee.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The Cedar Basin Fire is a brush fire burning about 14 miles east of Wikieup.
    Alta Spells and Laura James, CNN, 11 July 2021
  • There was also a brush fire on the island of Kea, near Athens.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2024
  • In this case, the device sparked a fast-moving brush fire.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
  • Crews are at the scene of a brush fire near a ranch in the east foothills of San Jose on Monday morning.
    Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The Watch Fire started on July 10 as a small brush fire.
    Annie Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2024
  • The brush fire was reported in a riverbed near the Plaza Bonita mall.
    Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • Last year, a brush fire broke out below the Top of the World neighborhood and tore through 175 acres.
    Daily Pilot, 17 July 2019
  • Last year, a brush fire forced a group to evacuate from Elysian Park.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Late on the night of Oct. 7, word began to spread among Spurs players and coaches like a brush fire.
    Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 20 June 2019
  • The brush fire was in a sloping field along Lahainaluna Road.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The dry conditions are contributing to the brush fires as well.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The West fire was the largest of three brush fires that broke out during a sweltering heat wave Friday.
    J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • Fire crews in the air and on the ground attacked a brush fire in Santee on Wednesday afternoon.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Here's the paragraph: Maui isn’t the only island on Hawaii dealing with brush fires.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Cleveland does have brush fires – a fire that involves a low-growing plant.
    Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • By most accounts, the response to the brush fire that scorched hundreds of acres near the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday was a job well done.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • There was also a small brush fire near the wreckage, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
    Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The winds are leading to a high brush fire potential across the region, largely in part due to the direction of the wind.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2022

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