| 单词 | on fire |
| 例句 | Emily’s face burned so furiously she thought her eyes might act like magnifying glasses in the sun and set her binder paper on fire. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He gets out of his car as if his hair is on fire. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z This is a realization I had many years ago, when Water Island was set on fire, but I’ve never showed the truth to him before. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The barn where I worked all day is on fire. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Beyond the rooftops the city was on fire. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “It felt like my head was on fire, and now it’s taking forever for my hair to grow back! It hasn’t even started!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z When Angie crosses the finish line first, we scream like we are on fire. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When she awoke, the world was on fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I make a show of walking calmly in the other direction, but when the next bell rings, I take off down the hall and up the stairs like I’m on fire. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They barricaded her inside her own home and set it on fire. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I felt something collapsing inside me, sticks snapping, logs on fire splitting and falling, and I suddenly felt so ashamed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His left cheek, where Olaf had struck him, felt as if it were on fire. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The rising sun set the eastern horizon on fire with golden rays. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The two seconds between the realizations that I wasn’t on fire and Celia was were a very blissful two seconds. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “You lit your backpack on fire,” Jack said. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “It starts with the bonfire but...bigger and there’s nothing containing it. Like the whole courtyard is on fire, there’s a loud noise and this heat and...” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mam tells us,That’s the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and I want to know why the man’s heart is on fire and why doesn’t He throw water on it? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Bottles were broken, a car was set on fire, and then the vice chancellor came out, diminutive, encased between security men, and spoke in pastel tones. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Oh dear. I seem to have lit some things on fire.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z An army private shoulders his recoilless rifle as American troops leave the village of My Tho after setting buildings on fire, 1968. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Tiller envisioned Dallas knocking over the lantern, setting the whole cabin on fire. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Not since your dad accidentally set it on fire last Thanksgiving.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Over the protests of his wife, who was alarmed at such a dangerous invention, at one point he was ready to set the house on fire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Lodges, lodgepoles, and meat racks—everything seemed to be on fire. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Even the air seemed on fire, subtly aflame with energy as it does when you are young, when the synapses are firing wildly and death is far away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he chuckled: “Hey, let’s you and me ride on up into the hills and set that forest on fire, Em.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo shot a blazing volley of arrows and set the monster’s loincloth on fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Meanwhile my head and shoulders were on fire. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a strange sound, like the murmur and crackle you hear before you realize that what you’re hearing is your house on fire. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Dad. I need you to come over here right now. I was on the bus and I got set on fire.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z So I drove to a completely different mall two miles in the opposite direction from the mall that was presently on fire. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z See, when I play ball, I’m on fire. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z When the second bell rings, I run to Miss Saunders’s class like somebody set my shoes on fire. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t knock so loud unless the apartment is on fire. I am not hard of hearing.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t knock so loud unless the apartment is on fire. I am not hard of hearing.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Caw,” he said again, which Luna took to mean, “Be careful. Also, are you aware that rock is on fire?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And someone has to watch Mr. Nunzi’s cigarette to make sure he doesn’t accidentally set our apartment on fire. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I come awake slowly with my body on fire, consumed in flames. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Like a pitcher on fire, throwing fastball after fastball, heaven struck me out and good. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Both boys started beating him and then set his trailer on fire. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I don’t recognize the song, but it’s enough for me to ignore the way my toes pinch together and how the balls of my feet feel like they’re on fire. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “But they were really good at distancing themselves from the guy who lit Sasha on fire.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The Big House was decorated with strings of red and yellow fireballs that warmed the porch but didn’t seem to catch anything on fire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “You will cross your arms and now I want you to pretend that the pedestal is on fire! Oh no!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “And it feels like someone set my underwear on fire.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The ants were sprinkled with gasoline and set on fire, but they reappeared, invigorated. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just a big Saracen wearing the king’s colors, wandering around France? You two go hide in nice, safe houses. I’ll wait until they find me and set me on fire.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I tried to get up, but my wounded leg still felt like it was on fire. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z So many cane fields were on fire that the air was filled with “a rain of fire composed of burning bits of cane-straw which whirled like thick snow.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I want to scream, but my throat is on fire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As usual, Minny’s house be like a chicken coop on fire. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z This was the part of myself that I kept the most hidden, and it felt as if he were touching the inside of my head, setting it on fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Her tongue was on fire, and when she gulped a cup of wine the flames spread down her throat and up her nose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was midaftemoon and the sun had come over him and cooked him while he slept and his face was on fire, would blister, would peel. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She envisioned Hazel running terrified, seeing her house on fire, running.... Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “If you can stamp it out, do so. But if you are right about the volcano, it won’t much matter what is on fire and what is not.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z ‘It’s got into my lungs! It’s in my chest! My chest is on fire! My stomach’s going up in flames!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The words exploded out of Wash. “You wouldn’t stand up for your own people if your pants were on fire.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She was going to set him on fire, then patch him up right at home! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With Vietnam on fire the army was taking everyone they could get, but there was no guarantee I could be a journalist like Hersey. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “The shirts match because the three of us together are going to set the world on fire. Like Mr. Daniels says.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Of course, nobody ever knew how the dump was set on fire. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about you, girl on fire? Do you have any secrets worth my time?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Good thing it usually rains in the evenings here, or this whole side of the mountain would be on fire by now....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When Osh released her, Mouse shot out of the house like her tail was on fire. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She walked along the sidewalk with him, her breast brushing his arm, setting him on fire. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another part was about what to do if your oven caught on fire. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My cheeks felt like they were on fire. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z On his way to work on November 5, Shyam heard on the radio that someone had been set on fire on the bus. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Take these drinks, sit at that table, and talk. When I come back, I don’t want to find either one of you dead or the building on fire. Fair?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They didn’t want to see the stores that had been looted or burned to the ground and the cars that had been set on fire. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The morning after we buried the sparrow, I woke up on fire with a fever. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z When I got to the village, it was completely on fire and bullet shells covered the ground like mango leaves in the morning. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But her feet felt like they were on fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The men had blades at their sides and were sifting through abandoned homes before setting them on fire. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As I washed and got changed, my mind was on fire, and it would have been impossible to chant team if Coach had asked me to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But if she was just going to set his clothes on fire why did she need Vaseline? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My face felt like it was on fire while I walked back down the stairs. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z My face feels like it’s on fire as I say it, and my tongue feels twice as thick. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Is our building on fire? What do we do?” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He peered down at her from his great height, those icy eyes on fire. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Not to brag, but I was on fire! Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Frank glanced back and saw his family mansion on fire, the walls collapsing inward and smoke billowing into the sky. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Also, I know how to make French toast and pancakes without catching anything on fire or burning myself or melting the spatula. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking about going in there and setting that woman’s hair on fire,” I say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Always, he had dreamed of the day when he could set a fleet on fire, to sink an armada to the depths. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t make me sing ‘liar, liar, pants on fire.’ The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t light the candles. I’m sorry. I didn’t want to set your apartment on fire. And Duane Reade didn’t have rose petals, so I went with stickers.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The brakes might be out and the tracks might be on fire, but I can’t make myself get off the ride. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Crouching down, I want to reach out to her, but my mind is on fire. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I’ve told you before, if nobody’s dying and the house isn’t on fire, it’s not an emergency.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It smelled like a bouquet of flowers was on fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Church is on fire, as usual for Founder’s Day. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It would not be long before most of the Tang people’s town, the buildings being almost all of wood, would be on fire. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When Haitians wanted to protest or tried to block a street, they often set tires on fire. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But then Dadi walked in and told me it was “that girl who looks like her head’s on fire.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her lungs were on fire now, her breath was burning her throat, but she climbed without stopping, and when she came to the top, she burst through the door to the roof and ran out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Brady family doesn't live in a Flushing flat—apartment, I mean—that feels like it's on fire. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z You never think it will be your own home that’s on fire, but when it is, all the toughness, the calloused nonchalance of watching fires and hearing sirens falls away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I can feel my lungs on fire as they fight for oxygen that’s no longer there. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They had shot him from so close that his clothes were on fire. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My head was burning as if on fire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Running, my chest on fire, hearing the sound of voices shouting after me, boots pounding on the pavement. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But the Indians maintained and expanded the grasslands by regularly setting huge areas on fire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His arms were twisted behind him and the tendons in his shoulder were on fire. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “It’s a Persian love poem. ‘This flame of love set my heart on fire. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be an inmate’s bedding and mattress on fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain John Palliser, traveling through the same lands as Fidler six decades later, lamented the Indians’ “disastrous habit of setting the prairie on fire for the most trivial and worse than useless reasons.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I tried to think, but my whole body was on fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Her insides felt like they were on fire. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “We just got a call Devine’s sign, you know, that big wooden one south of town, is on fire.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His head was on fire, but otherwise he looked pretty good. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They went willingly enough, but their hearts were on fire with jealousy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She said that she thought somebody’s house was on fire. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He saw the word on fire and knew immediately what was going on. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Except this Goliath looked like he was on fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In the areas that hadn’t already been taken over by the Germans, cities were on fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His legs were on fire, and his forehead felt as if somebody had been pounding on it with a hammer, but he could move. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I burst into my house like my body is literally on fire. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z With all that and her rollicking songs, I was on fire. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On the coldest days the manure steamed, as if the hydrants themselves were on fire. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By the well, servants lit bubbles of gas on fire, clad in frock- coats of asbestos. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Many were burnt alive in brush huts, which, in their confusion, had got on fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We had been bruised and gashed and concussed, had our legs set on fire and our heads cut open. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I have no intention of going back, and I know she won’t come looking during a Showcase Showdown unless the house is on fire. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Seemed like my kitchen was on fire whenever Jazz was cooking. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “The ghost I talked to explained how Hecate defeated Clytius in the first war. She used her torches to set his hair on fire. He burned to death. In other words, fire is his weakness.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Now all three Witchlings were on fire and running in circles, trying—and failing at—spells to put the fire out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His skin felt as though it’d been set on fire; everything inside him burned. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Once it’s full, the patrols will close the steel door and set the whole mess on fire. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Flora fully expected that at some point, her mother’s hair would catch on fire. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “The building better be on fire,” I grumble. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Try it,” he warned, “and I’ll set this whole field on fire. Stay dead. Stay away from us, or the grass gets it!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hazel’s hair was all blown to one side, as though she’d walked through a cyclone; and Leo had accidentally set himself on fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He couldn't grow up to be a lawyer if Simeon was getting ready to set something on fire. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He was desperately thirsty, his bowels on fire. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “When they hit the ground some of them were still alive and were crying out for someone to save them because their aircraft were on fire,” said armorer Olga Yerokhina. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I woke up, and the bed was on fire!” says Jimmy. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The entire afterpart of the ship was on fire, and sailors were launching the lifeboat that was on our deck. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “So he was trying to light that thing on fire? Why didn’t it work? What’s—” Bast tightened his grip, his thumb digging into the hollow beneath Chronicler’s collarbone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The Armory, the Gasworks, ‘Conley’s Patch,’ and Wells Street as far north as Monroe were all on fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I stare straight ahead and pretend his eyes aren’t setting me on fire. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We were all bouncing and swaying, loose bodies with blood on fire. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was black, but underneath were green and gold colors, and all the feathers shimmered as though they were on fire. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Jude and me have one soul between us that we have to share: a tree with its leaves on fire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Authorities lit the ship on fire and watched her crackle and sink. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I woke up feeling like I was still on fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Fully awake and on fire with puzzlement, Lyra nodded and slipped her bare feet into the shoes Mrs. Lonsdale put down for her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My heart is racing, my legs are on fire, and I gotta catch my breath. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I can understand how afraid and scared she was to see her city go up in flames, because my city was on fire, too. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The roof of my mouth seemed to be on fire. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the one who had killed people, set them on fire, poisoned them, cooked them in lye. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d had a little sleep and felt on fire to make a plan that would fix everything. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he had been on fire, desperate and furious; now he was shivering and cold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “You’re on fire, lad!” he said, and he got Billy away from the stove and beat out the sparks with his hands. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a piece of my heart has been carved out and set on fire. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’m trying to decide what would be the best spell to set it on fire,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She lit it, taking care not to set the screen surrounding the fuel outlet on fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Ah!” he hissed, flicking his hand around like it was on fire. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z One day it’s a cluster of rare magnesium hydroxy carbonate; the next it’s a star sapphire that will set a man’s hand on fire if he touches it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Soon all the inside seemed on fire; the ball was spinning, or the lights within were revolving. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Dumbledore drank like a child dying of thirst, but when he had finished, he yelled again as though his insides were on fire. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One was on fire, and flapped lamely off by itself, billowing gigantically like a monstrous blood-red star. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The piece of wood was still safe and secure in his coat pocket, though one good shot from a scorpion might set his lifeline on fire Bad Frank, he chided himself. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Parts of the surface are on fire, others emit evil- looking clouds of vapor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Words crawled back to my head: canyon, morning, Laika, dirt, birthday, and why is everything on fire? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z And though the ginger already looked like little flames, she lit them on fire with her fingertips and blew them out properly, all in one go. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It might be a good thing if the garage caught on fire. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z As he spoke his eyes seemed to be on fire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And despite the fact that I had been on fire on the strip, I was the one pulled. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It’s only a matter of time until that’s on fire, too. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “My whole body is on fire,” I said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Ella springs up from the sofa like her tail is on fire. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The first one threw a glop of molten rock at me and set my pants on fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ethan lets go, his eyes blinking to pinpoints, his hand held in front of him like it’s on fire. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Leah was like a house on fire for the last hundred miles of the trip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I still couldn’t open my eyes; my chest was on fire. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In all, eleven buildings and several cars were set on fire. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a muffled explosion, my cockpit started to fill up with smoke, and my wingman told me I was on fire. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and saw her as a glimmer in the night, for she was clad in white; but her eyes were on fire. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Now, when he was on fire with his Cause, Arthur’s justice seemed bourgeois and obtuse beside him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Cantos pounds through the sand, sword held high, eyes on fire. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Like, if the apartment is on fire, he’s grabbing us and that mug. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The entire cloister was now on fire, and although firefighters raced toward the blaze, they were intercepted by a young man stepping out of the main gate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z After they book you in for something serious—murder, attempted murder, setting a person on fire on a bus—they put you in a camera room for the first twenty-four hours. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But that night a haystack somehow caught on fire. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, Hale’s pastures were set on fire, the blaze spreading for miles, the blackened earth strewn with the carcasses of cattle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But my chest was on fire, and my lungs constricted, stretched tight and useless by the pain in my ribs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He wanted to rest so badly, the soles of his feet on fire with pain, his heart raging, his head pounding. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then Charles and Pomp lit the staircase on fire, and we left the man to burn upon this bier. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z On December 7, 1776, he set the dockyard on fire, wiping out 20 tons of hemp used to make rope, 6 tons of ordinary rope, and about 6,000 feet of large-size rope. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees roared and danced as if they were on fire in the pouring rain, telling me to go on, go on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My face was on fire the whole day. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Shehad been uncomfortable using it for a long time, because every time she saw it, she remembered him in it, riding into her barn, right before he took Håkon and set the barn on fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Beyond it, an entire village was on fire. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A kaleidoscope of color, blazing with carmine and coral and canary, so much so that the entire room often appears to be on fire, dotted with fluffy kittens dark as soot and bright as sparks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But why would they set their own house on fire?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “This is what you brought back to save us? I might as well set myself on fire and save the Lord of Destruction the trouble.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Or I’m roaming the streets, or the Annex is on fire, or they come in the middle of the night to take us away and I crawl under my bed in desperation. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I’m fine. Just tired. A bunch of people got arrested, though. They set a car on fire and broke some windows. The police went off.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Now I get to thinking about our hotel, and what would happen if it caught on fire. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z All ten Skyhawks had taken shots at the targets, and the torpedo boats were on fire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Once this was accomplished, the building was set on fire and “burned like a pile of shavings.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I’ve never been to a party before, didn’t know it was like being miles and miles underground, where demons walk around with their hair on fire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The steam pouring from under her vivid hair gave the impression that her whole head was on fire. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Smashing mills, destroying warehouses, setting fields on fire, the freedom fighters demolished some one thousand plantations—and that was just in the first two months of their revolution. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It’s almost like they’re competing to see whose mouth will catch on fire first. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Just laughing, like a house on fire. What you reckon it mean, Sister Henderson?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “That boy was on fire, wasn’t he?” a man remarks as Sasha pushes through the back doors to the sidewalk. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was the look of someone who's discovered too late that she's either set her house on fire or committed herself to traveling with the wrong person. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We drive all the way to the edge of town to the old elementary school that caught on fire a few years ago and has since been condemned. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I jump off the sofa like it’s on fire. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “After I set ’em on fire, Lillian, none of those things makes any difference.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My head’s on fire by the time he puts the pick down and buzzes on the clippers. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The whole place cleared out faster than a building on fire. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The world was on fire, fierce yellow and angry red. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z My stomach was on fire; I was shaking with the pain, but I wouldn’t let her take me to a hospital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My face felt like it had been set on fire. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Was the world able to feel her heart pounding, her thoughts on fire? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Or we could look for relics,” cried his commander, who was quite on fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, Scruggs woke up with a terrible hangover, but on fire with an idea. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Seeing my pants leg on fire sends me over the edge. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As I remove the ball from my glove to toss it back to Cala, it feels like it’s on fire. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z In Ro Leap, I had a dream that a certain house would catch on fire, and it did. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don't you know the house is on fire, fool?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Teddy and I got along like a house on fire, one of those friends where you start hanging out and from that day forward you’re never apart. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Autumn filled the air with the slightly burnt scent of drying grasses, and the Wood was colored as if it were on fire. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every muscle in his body was on fire. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z She is always sad like a house on fire—always something wrong. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They set trashcans on fire, they knock on people’s doors and run, and they turn their neighbors’ water hoses on in their backyard so it will flood. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z To Elizebeth’s surprise, the blackboard story “set the press on fire.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I turned to see where it was coming from and realized my dress was on fire. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Giant stinging nettles grew in clumps among the boulders, and they brushed against our bare skin and caught our legs on fire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was worse, she thought, pushing up with her good arm while her injured one felt as if it were on fire. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z This is no place for a girl on fire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Cinna plans to light them on fire just before our chariot rolls into the streets. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I am so happy to see them that for a moment I don’t register that both places are on fire. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He must’ve wanted to tell me these things even as he fled like his feet were on fire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that before Molly they’d had a boy who tried to set the elementary school on fire. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z "These last stands in a house make good stories, but nothing ever came of them. After their first few repulses the enemy always set the house on fire." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The first explosion took place shortly after three A.M., and within half an hour the Coral Queen was on fire from bow to stem. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Shrimpzilla must have knocked them out of alignment, and the monster was in spitting distance, which meant that Leo couldn’t use the ballistae without setting the Argo II on fire as well. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the Murle don’t burn villages down, and now houses were on fire, and the world had become a big storm of smoke and gunfire and screaming. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Phaëthon all on fire fell from the car through the air to the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need this young man, when he comes out of incarceration, not to get on a bus and set another person on fire,” she said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It felt as though even the air was on fire.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And now those eyes were looking down at the last landscape they’d ever see: a barren slope of brutal tumbled rocks, and beyond it a forest on fire. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was full of pictures showing Detroit on fire, Detroit in a rage. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My mom ran down the hallway to the kitchen, where she discovered the kitchen on fire. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It makes every strand of her thick, dark hair gleam orange like it’s on fire. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My body seemed on fire and I could not sleep. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If she wasn’t careful the match would singe her fingertips, or worse, light the entire attic on fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Why would you set that dress on fire?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Our Map Room was set on fire and you ran off to talk to your shuck girlfriend? What’s wrong with you?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then a pain like he’d never felt before pierced his head; it was as though his scar were on fire. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I came out on fire and jumped to a 6-2 lead. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He remembered seeing many cartoons of Communists in newspapers and always they had flaming torches in their hands and wore beards and were trying to commit murder or set things on fire. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z One time her roof caught on fire and fell on her and burnt up her legs but not the rest of her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth corners erupted thick bubbles and her face was on fire. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Maleeka’s tripping on that slave stuff again,” Char says, taking out her cigarette lighter and setting one of my pages on fire. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The other four were still running around with their helmets on fire. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The wood was blazing hot, like it was on fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My eyes felt as if they were on fire. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There were so many men smoking inside the tent that it appeared to be on fire. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Katniss, the girl on fire, has left behind her flickering flames and bejeweled gowns and soft candlelight frocks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She would gladly have given her life to end my suffering —horrible, humpbacked, carp-toothed creature, eyes on fire with useless, mindless love. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached the door, he could see pieces of wreckage lying around, but there wasn’t as much debris falling on this side, not as much stuff on fire. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Even if the girl in front of you slips and falls on her bon-hooney and then catches on fire, too, you just keep smiling like nothing happened.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Vega had told me that when his mother was a little girl in Santiago, her dad had accidentally set their house on fire with a lit cigarette. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He ran back to the dirt road as if the cemetery grass was on fire. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And your head feels like it’s on fire and your mouth feels as dry as a saltine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It’s like the entire place is on fire. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He called for his soldiers to launch flaming torches to set the ships on fire. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z One good piece of news is that the Labor Exchange was set on fire in an act of sabotage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sick, but the pit of my stomach was on fire— how could I tell her that? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, my lord. You spent most of those classes setting me on fire.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I feel like my face is on fire and nothing can put out the flames. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Chino! Blanca! Your house is on fire!” he called out urgently. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “This is like the king of them all. It’s a device that makes you feel like you’re on fire.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My face still felt like it was on fire. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I mean, like I said, he’s the type of psycho who’d set a house on fire if he felt like it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Mobs of sick and injured men began ranting incoherently and running and jumping in the aisle as though the building were on fire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He rambled on, setting nerves on fire beneath my skin. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z On December 16, 1918, three hundred women marched down to Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, dropped pages of Wilson’s speeches into a cauldron there, and set them on fire. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When they opened the door to the bus, he saw that the man’s skirt was on fire. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z You would think Maple Mountain was on fire. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z More, he might actually set the house on fire...Yes, that would be a possibility. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Buildings on fire! Invaders! Get them out of here, Percy Jackson!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My face felt like it was on fire. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was dark except for a small glowing window, which stood partly open, the panes dancing in bright reds and yellows as though the glass were on fire. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet were on fire, his lower back was a mess of knotted muscles and tendons, his fingers throbbed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he’d taken the bus home from work one day and helped save the life of a teenager whose skirt was on fire. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A flame had taken hold of his cloak and set it on fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The moment that landed him there with a body on fire. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “It was like you were trying to set him on fire with your mind.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But as it is, I feel like the sky will light on fire any second now, and all the stars will crash into one another and burn away to ash. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes during the day, there were several plumes of smoke rising from houses that had been set on fire by gunmen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Everything was like a picture show to her, and she was the one on the railroad track, or the one trapped in the sheik’s tent when it caught on fire. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The first one swept his arrow through the torch, lighting the end on fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They say their father ran from the house with his head and hands on fire. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he lit the end of it on fire. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Part of a desk crashed to the ground twenty yards away, on fire, as more and more flaming debris fell from above. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Besides, setting her own barn on fire made no sense, especially since the O’Learys carried no insurance on their property. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “I, I, I woke up, and the bed was on fire.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “They set the tower on fire. I’m sure it went up like a box of matches. It would have been twenty-year-old jungle wood, left over from the Belgians.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Engulfed and burning alive, they ran out into the woods, sure to set the whole forest on fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His hair is so red it looks like it's on fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “First you soak raisins in brandy, and then you turn off the lights and set them on fire.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Heidi doesn’t say anything, pausing like my head might be on fire. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z "Here we go then," he says, and before we can react he sets our capes on fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One at a time she drops each scrap of silk and lace into an empty teacup and lights it on fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It took perhaps thirty seconds for Snape to realize that he was on fire. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Soon the roof was on fire, and from there the blaze spread to the main house, and the whole thing burned and burned and burned. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They had smoked him out and set the island on fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The reflections of buildings appeared to be on fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My blood is on fire, boiling in my veins. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bits of burning debris fell from the bridge and set boats below on fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Only a matter of time before both sides of the mountain are on fire. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We hurried past the biggest houses I had ever seen, past shops and taverns and manufactories, past city folk walking like their shoes were on fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The squad might be ordered to set the thatched huts on fire, destroying them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z At first he thought that his own plane was on fire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My insides are on fire when the bell rings. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But in the West the dying sun had set all the fume on fire, and now Mindolluin stood black against a burning smoulder flecked with embers. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His jaw was on fire, he tasted acid. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My whole arm’s on fire, incredible, searing pain— it’s as if his crushing fingers are charged like fangs with poison. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z All I saw was the shadow and the earth on fire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z With two lechuzas at their backs, they busted out of the barn as if their heels were on fire, never once looking back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Some of the 46th’s aircraft were already destroyed—and some were still on fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The hay in their feeding trough was on fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My head is jerked to one side, my cheek on fire before I even realize she's struck me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z After Mama set him on fire, we knew Papi wouldn’t return. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They were on fire, and ran up and down the village, slamming themselves against everything in their way and going back in the other direction to do the same. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In the distance, Los Angeles was on fire, plumes of smoke rising from neighborhoods all over the city. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His whole shoulder was on fire, a brutal pain that dug deep and burned like acid. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The next words looked like on fire, but that didn’t make sense. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z One of the Englishmen saw that Billy was on fire. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple’s cheeks felt like they were on fire; she fell silent. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My face felt on fire and my legs trembled uncontrollably. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “When a house is on fire, you run out before the roof collapses on your head.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Kemmler’s head started smoking and his clothes began to catch on fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Monsieur Giannot’s house, when they reach it, is on fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I thought, if someone like that ever loved me, it would set me on fire. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I remember how I dropped her hand like it was on fire when Mom and Dad saw us together. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet anything that if it had been me who hit him with that shot putt, he’d be setting this tree on fire right now,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up another toilet paper parachute, lit two matches at the same time, set the parachute on fire, yelled, “Take two!” and sent the next Nazi screaming into the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then Gum Baby had to run for her life! That boy chased Gum Baby, screaming and hollering like his feet were on fire.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They’d been hit by gunfire from a German fighter and, with an engine on fire, managed to escape the enemy plane by hiding in a storm cloud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Urgente,” she calls out, meaning her own condition now, for her whole body feels bathed in a burning pain as if her flame-colored dress were itself on fire. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z So Venus summoned Cupid, who promised that he would set Dido’s heart on fire with love as soon as she laid eyes on Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like her hair was on fire. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z As soon as she touched it to the burner, the stove burst into flames, setting the curtains on fire. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m so angry my ears feel as if they’re on fire. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A lot of my ideas involve setting something on fire. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose some kid set you on fire, burned say 90% of your body. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One night, she recalled, thousands of acres of Hale’s land had been set on fire. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They were bleeding in a few spots but not on fire anymore, and much, much faster. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z At the age of five, she accidentally set herself on fire, resulting in severe burns over her chest, stomach, and back. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Suddenly my thigh was on fire, with a pain so intense I collapsed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A flame blooms inside the station— one of the trains must actually be on fire—and a thick, black smoke billows against the windows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I think you’re on fire'' She gave the back of his hand a short, brisk, brushing stroke with the flats of her fingers. “ Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It went straight back to my gullet and caught on fire. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When his hands slipped under her hoodie and shirt to rest against her bare back, her blood caught on fire. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It is heavy, dull, and bloated, as if he has eaten a meal, rather than empty and tom and on fire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Wormtail screamed, screamed as though every nerve in his body were on fire, the screaming filled Harry’s ears as the scar on his forehead seared with pain; he was yelling too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When the British had all the things in the house, they set the house on fire. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know the building is on fire?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It'll set the hydrogen on fire, but only until the small bit of oxygen is used up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the garbage was on fire, smoldering. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The floor was cold, which was good, because Grace was fairly sure that her skin was on fire, and also, her hand was throbbing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then, some fool set a car on fire. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He moved like he was on fire and his head was about to pop. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A few suggested that “Peg Leg” Sullivan had gone into the barn and had set it on fire while drinking. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Gerald wiped his stinging eyes and saw that the stairs were smoky, but not yet on fire. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a month at least we’d drive home and the neighborhood would be on fire. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I sat breathing through my nose, holding in my mouth the pure, awful slavor of something on fire and a bristle of stiff hairs from the burnt hide of a dead goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By nine A.M. , an estimated six thousand persons thronged the nearby blocks, behind police barriers, and faces were in every window of the apartment buildings across the street; some stood shivering on fire escapes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The setting sun has lit the sky on fire, set the tops of the trees ablaze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I thought the whole house was on fire. You know what went through my mind, just like that? We haven’t got the phone in yet. Everything will burn to the ground.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “It is. Underground. The mountain is on fire under our feet. Like before. When it erupted. My mother and I—” His voice caught, his grief erupting suddenly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Theo assured me that, if Miles really was the one running the job to set Celia’s hair on fire, he wouldn’t have let me take the fall for it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I feel like all my muscles and bones and nerves are on fire. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A dog ran by howling, its tail on fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned red so fast, his face seemed to be on fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Feels like my blood is on fire and I’m going to puke or pass out or...I don’t know. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Emily’s face burned so furiously she thought her eyes might act like magnifying glasses in the sun and set her binder paper on fire. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Today they tested my blood to make sure it was clean of the painkiller, as the mixture of the two drugs — the morphling and whatever’s set my ribs on fire—has dangerous side effects. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Ladybug, who had been haunted all her life by the fear that her house was on fire and her children all gone, married the Head of the Fire Department and lived happily ever after. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Now they were chanting, “The Burstraat is on fire! The Dregs don’t have no water!” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I bet they returned to set the house on fire.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He went to Freedom Square to see the mound of blackened books that the vandals had emptied out of the library and set on fire. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “A passenger on an Oakland, Calif., public bus received burns to his legs after his kilt was set on fire,” UPI wrote. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Nike was sending off waves of tension, setting his nerves on fire. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Harry heard an explosive bang and a dancing orange light spilled over all of them: Hagrid’s house was on fire. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I grab the lighter with my other hand and set the money on fire. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Now it’s my face that feels like it’s on fire. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He’s on fire, blazing from baseline to baseline. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z At this time and place, she become all on fire with zeal; some new guiding power be in her manifested, for she point to a road and say:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Every one of his senses felt like it was on fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My heart felt like it was on fire. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Every nerve ending on my skin felt like it was on fire. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Guess she wasn’t paying attention and the smudge pot tipped over. Next thing they knew, the kitchen was on fire.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The tail end of my jacket catches on fire and I have to stop to rip it from my body and stamp out the flames. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A flashing red light made the car’s windows glow rosy, and I liked the way my hands looked, as though they were on fire. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When he finished reading, he did something so surprising that I almost dropped the Bunsen burner and set the kid across from me on fire. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As long as he could see another boat out ahead of him, as long as he had something to overcome, someone to beat, the boy was on fire. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Masvita kicked open the door at once and dragged the mat out before it could set the whole hut on fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Was also developing a splitting headache, anxious about Julie, and wondering why they didn’t just set the dratted plane on fire and get it over with. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Once we stopped to extinguish a pretzel vendor’s cart that had caught on fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The buildings reflect a dazzling orange-red, and if you glance, it almost looks like the buildings are on fire. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Styx flew up like his seat was on fire. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I felt myself grow warm, feverish, until I thought my body was on fire. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “If the school gets on fire, they open the door. The children jump in the pipe and slide out to safety.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My entire arm felt as though it was on fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The drakon hissed, spitting jets of green poison that smoked on the mossy ground and set tar pits on fire, filling the air with the scent of fresh pine and ginger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Every muscle on fire all the way up my arms, right from fingertips to shoulders and even across my back. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “And as you can see, it features a stove that will cook if we light the whole thing on fire and cook hot dogs and marshmallows on sticks.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Snow could have gotten a really good price for the girl on fire. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I feel like someone's just set my body on fire, but I start clapping because Mayumi is urging me along in front of her, and at this point I'll do anything just to blend in. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Maybe she’d just scare him by setting his clothes on fire while he was in them. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My throat was on fire, my eyes and nose watering furiously. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It looked like something in the center of Mr. Staphopoulos was on fire. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z "The man who tries to stop me is a dead man. Unless he's on fire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They had dared each other to set our town on fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The spot where Courtney’s hand cups my waist feels like it’s on fire, and his sinewy forearm against my lower back makes me want to melt into him, as ridiculous as that sounds. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But Joey was on fire that day and put in three tries by himself. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "Have you given up the whole `girl on fire' thing?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “It’s on fire! It’s on fire!” he roared. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “He throw the kids in the yard and lock me in the bathroom and say he gone light the house on fire with me locked inside!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z People are limping about, arms outstretched, their clothes on fire and their faces half melted like wax. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They forget that lakes can catch on fire. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z They were said to have been seen at night rising from the ground like birds on fire. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Fear prickled every inch of Seven’s skin as the cuco, which was now very much on fire, growled and snapped just inches from their heads. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I also wondered how—or why—you would set a poor bird on fire. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He was being punished for tying a piece of paper to a cat’s tail and setting it on fire. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m surprised no one’s lit the classroom on fire. They’re barely supervised.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But his back was on fire with pain, and Lazlo’s glance strayed there as though he knew it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Goldbuttons dropped his cloak on the floor and ran up the stairs as if his breeches were on fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He might inform her that the house was on fire. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Some exuberant revelers piled the paper into heaps and set them on fire, the bonfires further enhancing the primal joy of the outcry. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They had been heaped together before being set on fire, so he dug through with his hands, to see if the flames had missed any underneath. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I could probably run around with my hair on fire, and they wouldn’t even notice. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She had caught her idea, however, and was on fire with it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Am I not even worth an “I’ve got swimmer’s ear” or “My house is on fire”?? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She was dropping cigar ash all over her lap, and I hoped she wasn't going to catch on fire before she'd told me how to recognise a witch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “You have to pick me up and take me to the hospital because someone set me on fire.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “When he got so mad at a piece of wood that he set fire to it, and then the porch caught on fire?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z They said in the village that whenever Capricorn had a house set on fire Basta took away a brick or stone, even though he feared fire at other times, and clearly that story was true. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But instead an image of Tariq’s parents presented itself: Tariq’s mother trapped in the lorry, upside down, screaming for Tariq through the smoke, her arms and chest on fire, the wig melting into her scalp . A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “You look like your head is on fire.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And he let go like she was on fire. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “The whole house ... is on fire,” she replied slowly as she concentrated on what she saw through the lens. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The fact that I can picture my family’s carnival photo without wanting to set things on fire or dissolve into a blubbering puddle? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She was lightheaded, and exhausted, and her skin felt like it was on fire. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Baker calls to Booth, telling him that the barn will be set on fire unless he surrenders. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z You should’ve seen the way he smiled, T. Like he was on fire. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His legs felt like wet cement, and his lungs were on fire. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like an exploding train traveling through a subway tunnel, on fire, and the last stop was right under my chin. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The dining pavilion had collapsed into a pile of white rubble, and the Big House was on fire, its windows glowing like demon eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He looked, as he stood there, like a barrel on fire. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The bridge is still burning like you wouldn’t believe, hanging on the opposite cliff like a waterfall on fire, flames having leaped up the entire length of it, angry and greenish yellow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “He’s not on fire. He’s burning oil,” Maddie said, because she knows these things. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “It was bright, everything was on fire, and Bailey was there.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That night I dreamed that the house was on fire. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The students had set the sole administrator’s house on fire; even the guest house behind it had burned to the ground. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “They said he waited till he was on fire before he jumped off. Nobody wanted to touch him, so they just left him there for the animals to drag off.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the Fowleses’ other awful news: Father had walked or hitchhiked all the way over to the Kikongo mission in an agitated state, bellowing that his guts were on fire with venom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If they could get to the east side of the building, they could jump onto the grass, but that part of the school was currently on fire. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She hit something and let out ear- piercing screams: “Mama! Mama! I’m on fire!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tracer bullets are bullets that are on fire so that they are visible to the person doing the shooting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My ankle was numb now; my leg was on fire to the hip. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The jig flipped a cigarette that would have set Miss Lee’s hair on fire if it hadn’t been aimed by a master marksman. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You almost couldn’t believe people lived like this, burning trees to clear land, burning oil for heat and power, setting the atmosphere on fire with their weapons. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “But, Fyrian, I will kick you out if you snore. You nearly lit my pillow on fire last time.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When we stood up, one of the walls was on fire. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stand for anyone to touch me—my whole body felt as if it were on fire, screaming. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As if his blood was boiling, as if his bones were on fire. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Several of the huts were on fire; there were people milling about. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He poured a solvent on the cadaver’s upper body and set it on fire, then positioned the body on the floor in direct sunlight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The horses soared up to the very top of the sky and then, plunging headlong down, they set the world on fire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain in my knees makes every step seem like my legs are on fire. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Stevens took a long pull and choked on fire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That night, the news reported that a man had been set on fire on the 57 bus. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘I wonder if that is what they meant: that the lower levels are on fire? Still, we can only go on.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Because you set the hospital floors of this building on fire, I cannot fix her.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The fetterling and I stopped to stare at the gloves I wore—the hammer symbol glowed an angry orange-red, and the air turned wavy above them, as though my fists were on fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I, on the other hand, was on fire that day. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all on fire, and behind their leaves, the birds were singing their last songs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I felt my face on fire with embarrassment. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My clothes on fire, poison coursing through my veins, I plummeted toward the river. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘How dare the grass talk back to me! Set it on fire!’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I folded Hattie Mae’s article and found myself in the same somber mood the town of Manifest had been in after that cross had been set on fire in front of the German Fraternal Hall. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I waited until they were down the hill to the road and then I followed, my cheek where my mother had struck me still on fire. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z British forces set all the homes and other buildings on fire. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Is that like setting the world on fire?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “What would even remotely make you think about setting something on fire like that—someone’s clothing?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z His arm and shoulder and back were all on fire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His ribs hurt, his entire left side was on fire. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My hunger allows me to temporarily forget that my left arm is on fire. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Sierra ran until her chest was on fire, and when she stopped, there was no corpuscule in sight, but something... Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Kit sat helpless, her cheeks on fire, and then the laughter and the cheering left her giddy as William stepped resolutely forward to claim his forfeit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And then climbing, hand over hand, lungs on fire. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I saw a man on fire today,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why would we keep our arms crossed if the pedestal was on fire?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The Trojans were almost near enough to set the ships on fire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They lasted there a few months, but when Dad set their room on fire by falling asleep with a burning cigarette in his hand, they got kicked out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Nightbeast’s fur was on fire, its sides dripping blood, but it came at them, ferocious and hungry. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But later, when he was on fire with whisky, he looked again directly at her, and saw immediately that she had also been thinking of him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was reflecting off the girl’s glasses, making a halo of light around the girl’s round head, setting the whole world on fire. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “I think if my office is on fire, we’ll come up with a plan B,” she says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “First week I was at the College,” he said, “they lit some kind of gas on fire. You recall that? Out in the orchard. You were little. A minikin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Men hanging around the filling station jumped the fence and came running, sure the house was on fire. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When Mom finally let me go, I tore off the Finkle sweatshirt like it was on fire and threw it into the crowd. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Both, she decided: You would blow through the air with your hair on fire. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z At first, when I feel the heat behind my eyes, I think he’s found a way to set me on fire, to punish me for what I’ve done, but no—I’m about to cry. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Set the house on fire. Put a skunk in there. A bear. Something. Anything.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You call setting a man’s barn on fire the wrong foot? Leading a mob against Mr. Ebgard the wrong foot?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z My lungs felt as if they were on fire, and breathing suddenly became impossible. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In the distance she could see the city on fire, the orange-red flames reaching toward the sky. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z When asked how it had felt to be hugged by the family of the person who had set them on fire, Sasha just smiled. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Remember, girl on fire,” he says, “I'm still betting on you.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing in the house except Lori’s hair had caught on fire, but the explosion had blown back her coat and skirt, and the flames had scorched her thighs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The tassels glowed in the morning light as if they were on fire. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not hear myself screaming, Djo, but my throat was on fire. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The back of his head was all bloody and his eyes were on fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lucky I woke up out of my seizure or the house would have caught on fire and I would have been dead. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Benji was the first to jump and yell like the world was on fire. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Sad to say, Yunkai has no faith in your promises. They keep plucking the same string on the harp, about some envoy that your dragons set on fire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And so in my cave, coughing from the smoke and clenching feet on fire with chilblains, I ground my teeth on my own absurdity. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The hospital’s previous building for mental illness had burned down when an inmate set it on fire, so patients were closely watched to make sure they didn’t cause trouble. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There are fistfights in the alleys, rumors that Hans has set a car on fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “And I could always set Coach Hedge on fire,” Leo volunteered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “My tongue is on fire,” she tells everyone at the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The bombs have collapsed the hospital roof and set the building on fire, effectively trapping the patients within. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “There were brains, arms, legs, all mixed together. It was like you would imagine hell. Some of them were on fire, some were moaning....” said Scruggs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “When your house is on fire and you straighten the pillows before you leave,” Lola had said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Because I could feel my cheeks burning, like they were on fire. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z No. But it might set them on fire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Billy Pilgrim was on fire, having stood too close to the glowing stove. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they’d douse him with petrol and set him on fire and burn him alive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Simeon hops, twists, like the ground is on fire. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He had tried to set a cat on fire for fun. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Approximately sixteen hours before Mr. Muleman’s boat was set on fire.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I been plenty of things,” he said, “but I never been on fire.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her hair could be on fire and she’d probably say, “Well, at least we have light to read by.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z By that age, surely any rational person knows not to go around setting people’s clothing on fire. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A house down the road was on fire. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A new battle cry starts up: The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Tongues of flame darted round the bed: the curtains were on fire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Lying belly down in the darkness, Cole felt his legs and chest sting as if they were on fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It’s rush hour and people are pouring out of the 116th Street subway station as if it’s on fire. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Black smoke billows and swirls in the morning sky, and below it, maybe fifty yards ahead, is a single car that has caught on fire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The car that’s on fire up ahead has exploded, blowing off the hood and setting fire to a couch in the bed of a nearby pickup truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And she was pretty certain that the skirt was the reason Sasha had been set on fire. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “But what if your office is on fire?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Nathan’s legs no longer seemed as though they were on fire, and he felt well rested but very hungry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z This entire episode took me from fear to a rage that burned in me then, animates me now, and will likely leave me on fire for the rest of my days. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Especially if the house was set on fire. Maybe it was too bad a memory to bring up?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Bobby then drew with Samuel Reshevsky, who was the defending champion, in an extremely intense game—and the fourteen-year-old was on fire after that, at one point amassing five wins in a row. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the nurse, feeling as though my face were on fire. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She’d light my application on fire, cackling like a mad witch. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I could see that he’d made a bunch of little toilet paper parachutes and when he yelled, “Action!” he set one of them on fire and dropped it over the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A man waiting at the next bus stop is literally on fire, but he doesn’t seem bothered by it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He buried his face in a hankie, by turns lighting it on fire and then dousing the flames with his tears. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z We set the thatched roofs on fire and left, taking the prisoners with us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Kids, at school, whisper Max once set a cat on fire. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The surface began not only to bubble, but to send out fiery sparks, as though it were on fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I could see them clearly because the standing part of the fence was on fire. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I ran blindly back into the building, coughing and choking, my lungs and eyes on fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Like, send her off on a barge out to sea and set her on fire. Let her go out in a blaze of glory.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z An ember falls beside him, setting the dry grass on fire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z If by some miracle you incapacitate me, only then will she be able to set me on fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z |
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