Sentence examples for a test of fire from inspiring English sources

"It's a test of fire," Mr. Bailey explained, in his languid Oxonian accent.

Karl Dattinger, 20, a volunteer firefighter, recalls that one of the daughters, Monika, had received a perfect score on a test of fire safety he gave at their school.

However, like water molecules in a pot of boiling water, the mainstream gets agitated when you put them through a test of fire via the free exchange of ideas.

A few days ago, he said, the Fire Department conducted a test of the fire equipment.

A relief valve control circuit failed during a test of the fire control system, and oil poured into a tank and overflowed onto a secondary containment area.

The test, which is known as "agnipariksha" (meaning "test of fire"), is a cultural tradition in some of India's remote rural areas that requires women whose virtue has supposedly been tainted by sexual abuse or whose chastity has been questioned to complete this unusual and physically challenging stunt.

Yet nearly everyone I met in Dhaka spoke of the traffic as a trial by fire, a test of mettle, a horror that is also a perverse source of pride.

Second, advisors, pundits, and senior executives love to look at firing as a test of a manager.

But public support for that ideal has yet to undergo a test by fire of the sort Mr. Zuma could pose, at least in theory.

A series of compression tests of fire exposed, short lipped channel columns made of varying steel grades and thicknesses was undertaken in this research.

NASA said SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred.