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as in combustible
capable of catching or being set on fire with a fiery vapor like that, the lighting of a single match could cause an explosion

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Recent Examples of fiery Known for her outspoken views, many were hoping for a fiery post-inauguration take. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 Monken is a loud, to-the-point communicator and a fiery competitor. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025 As part of a fiery exchange with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Hegseth would not say whether violence against a spouse should be disqualifying for a secretary of Defense. Avery Lotz, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025 Red Hot Most Popular Fashion A Short History of the Front Row Magazine Inside Vogue’s December Issue Celebrities Jennie Reveals How Cold-Plunging Loosens Up Her Muscles and Opens Up Her Mind For a fiery spin on the glazed nail trend, opt for a red metallic shade. Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fiery 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiery
Adjective
  • Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • At private equity firm TPG, global head of human resources Anna Edwin poised one of the most burning questions for business leaders in thinking through their future talent strategies.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • At the end of the day, room could not be found for even Marianne Jean-Baptiste, a past Oscar nominee who swept the major critics awards for her searing turn in Hard Truths, or Angelina Jolie, a past Oscar winner and the A-lister of A-listers, who seemed an early front-runner for the biopic Maria.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Working for New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in California’s 1964 Republican presidential primary, the pair ran a searing campaign against Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, falling just shy of an upset.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Leave it to my grandfather—and Southern Living editors—to have passionate opinions about this classic sweet.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Start taking a closer look at sports that might be considered new but have passionate competitors and advocates.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The track resonates with Belinda’s crystalline vocals, dynamic guitar riffs, and spirited trumpet interplays, while Tito’s distinctively gruff delivery adds grit to their musical escapade.
    Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Shakers Bar & Grill serves delicious fish and barbecued meats to a spirited mix of locals and tourists on the patio of a traditional wooden house.
    Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The California code also includes rules for vegetation management and landscaping to reduce combustible matter on a property.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • One is the direct flame contact, which means that the fire is moving through some kind of combustible material.
    Umair Irfan, Vox, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • By the end, Liverpool’s players seemed tired and Klopp was irritable, clearly in need of a rest.
    Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The trio’s sixth record is charmingly irritable in both of its moods: hopped up on fluffy coffee while cracking baseball jokes, or dragging out downbeats and lamenting power structures to goad listeners with mounting anticipation.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Flo Milli is closing out 2024 with yet another flaming hot freestyle.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Then again, those others didn't have Dwayne Johnson’s macho demigod Maui playing a flaming conch shell.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019

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“Fiery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiery. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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