FLAME in a Sentence

Learn FLAME from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
246 example sentences for FLAME, such as:
1. The sky was rent with gigantic flame.
2. Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame.
3. From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
4. Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
5. The best way to respond to a flame is to ignore it.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of FLAME
flame
 n.  the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
 v.  shine with a sudden light
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She continued to stare at him, the flame of the unshaded lamp bringing out with microscopic cruelty the fretful lines of her face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  At first its weak flame made no impression on the shadows; then Zeena's face stood grimly out against the uncurtained pane, which had turned from grey to black.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  For a moment such a flame of hate rose in him that it ran down his arm and clenched his fist against her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  Pork took a long spiller from the mantelpiece, lit it from the lamp flame and went into the hall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  These refugees cried out to see Pennsylvania one solid sheet of flame, and even the gentlest of old ladies wore expressions of grim pleasure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  He was smiling, but in the dark depths of his eyes a tiny light flickered for a brief moment, like a small raw flame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  For a moment her mind refused to accept the truth, but when realization finally came to her that Prissy knew no more about midwifery than she did, anger went over her like a flame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  The dark sky became pink and then dull red, and suddenly above the trees, she saw a huge tongue of flame leap high to the heavens.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  The sky was rent with gigantic flame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
10  The world became an inferno of noise and flame and trembling earth as one explosion followed another in earsplitting succession.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  As Rhett jerked the horse's head and turned him into another street, another deafening explosion tore the air and a monstrous skyrocket of flame and smoke shot up in the west.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  Then, there was a crash of falling timbers near by and Scarlett saw a thin tongue of flame lick up over the roof of the warehouse in whose sheltering shadow they sat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  Then pennons and battle flags of flame flared triumphantly to the sky above them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  This was her last view of home, her last view except what she might see from the cover of the woods or the swamp, the tall chimneys wrapped in smoke, the roof crashing in flame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  Dashing a hand across her eyes, she peered squinting and saw thin lines of flame creeping across the kitchen floor, toward the walls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1  From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
2  The flame above the oil well flared into the dark sky.
3  Life is apure flame,and we live by an invisible sun within us.
4  In broiling or grilling, the food is cooked directly over a very hot flame.
5  To feel the flame of dreaming and to feel the moment of dancing,when all the romance is far away,the eternity is always there.
6  Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame.
7  Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
8  The best way to respond to a flame is to ignore it.
9  Idle such as vinegar, can soften the spirit of the calcareous; diligent like alcohol, can burn the flame of wisdom.
10  She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like.
11  Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red.
12  The rags smolder for hours before they burst into flame.
13  And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
14  The burning coals started to flame yellow and orange.
15  Aviation experts noted that confidence in the plane was increased by the fact that the fuselage remained largely intact after impact and the fire remained at bay until after many passengers had exited, thanks to engineering design and a flame retardant cabin interior that are standard on modern jets.