How to Use set fire to in a Sentence

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• The men set fire to Harwin’s chambers, killing him and the Hand.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 26 Sep. 2022
• One day, alone in her apartment, Mary set fire to the curtains.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Her 5-year-old son was killed when bandits set fire to her home.
  — Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2023
• Shapiro also set fire to Barbie dolls on a BBQ in protest.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2023
• Along with his wife and three children, Jaya Prakash escaped to the hills once more, but the cops set fire to his home.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• But another moment sees a group set fire to a large swath of land.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• In Brussels, fans set fire to a car and some electric scooters.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
• The first shot from the film shows Mikkelsen surrounded by swirling smoke as workers behind him set fire to the heath.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2022
• There’s a new crop of books coming that set fire to the perfect mom fantasy.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
• The crematorium wasn’t functioning that day, and their job was to set fire to the corpses in the open air.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
• Police allege the woman had threatened her sister with a gun and set fire to the home.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• Hundreds of Muslim men knocked down the walls, desecrated the nave, burned copies of the Bible, and set fire to the furniture.
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
• Whole families died when the hooded vandals set fire to their homes.
  — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
• Within days of her public appearance, the husband set fire to his wife and killed her.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• Mobs have set fire to over 350 churches and vandalized over a dozen temples.
  — Sushant Singh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2023
• The official said prisoners set fire to a warehouse full of prison uniforms, which caused the blaze.
  — Samya Kullab, ajc, 15 Oct. 2022
• The militants blocked roads leading into the city and set fire to tires in the middle of the streets, according to witnesses and videos of the scene.
  — Aaron Boxerman, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
• The duo set fire to one house, shoot an encroaching dog, and shoot another old man through a darkened screen.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• Crowds set fire to the prime minister’s house and the president ending up fleeing the country.
  — Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• The offenders also destroyed a convenience store and set fire to cars and trash cans.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
• Protesters set fire to a police station, vandalized a small airport used by the armed forces, and marched in the streets.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2022
• In 2021 someone set fire to a Guatemalan immigrant’s sleeping bag, leading to the man’s death from burn injuries.
  — Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• Months after its foundation in 2006, a group of people broke in during the night and set fire to the baby chimps' sleeping place, killing two out of the five that were there at the time.
  — Xiaofei Xu and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
• Wayne Collins was accused of being part of a gang which shot at police and set fire to a Birmingham pub during the 2011 riots.
  — Jane Bradley, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2022
• Even before someone set fire to a child’s gravestone in a historic Black cemetery in Georgetown, that slab of stone pulled at strangers.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• Several years prior, his mother set fire to the family’s house, with him in it.
  — Matt Richtel Bee Trofort, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• During the standoff, Nelson allegedly set fire to the home’s garage with himself still in it but refused to leave the house, police said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• Comcast hasn’t set fire to any legacy revenue streams or brands to boost subscriptions.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• According to court filings, Aslanian promised to pay someone $2,000 to set fire to the building.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
• According to police, the offenders also destroyed a convenience store and set fire to cars and trash cans.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024