Sentences with blaze
blaze
B b - Three people died as wreckage blazed, and rescuers fought to release trapped drivers. [VERB]
- Two firemen were hurt in a blaze which swept through a tower block last night.
- Blaze1 suggests a hot, intensely bright, relatively large and steady fire [the blaze of a burning house]; flame generally refers to a single, shimmering, tonguelike emanation of burning gas [the flame of a candle]; flicker1 suggests an unsteady, fluttering flame, esp. one that is dying out [the last flicker of his oil lamp]; flare implies a sudden, bright, unsteady light shooting up into darkness [the flare of a torch]; glow suggests a steady, warm, subdued light without flame or blaze [the glow of burning embers]; glare1 implies a steady, unpleasantly bright light [the glare of a bare light bulb]
- The gardens blazed with colour. [VERB + with]
- I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
- He got to his feet and his dark eyes were blazing with anger. [VERB with noun]
- He was arrested in a blaze of publicity.
- Guns were blazing, flares going up and the sky was lit up all around. [VERB]
- The blaze of searchlights
- A blaze of oratory
- The bonfire blazed away for hours. The dry wood blazed up at the touch of a match.
- Their faces blazed with enthusiasm.
- He blazed up at the insult.
- The contestants blazed away at the clay pigeons.
- Headlines blazed the shocking news.
- To seek shelter from the blaze of the sun
- The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
- The campfire blazed merrily.
- The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth. Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
- I like to blaze; let's go blaze; we blazed last night; he blazes every day