Sentence examples for close to fire from inspiring English sources

When he was ready to leave the hospital, his former interrogators picked him up and "[he] had the same ways of previous torturing, as well as pouring hot liquid on [his] back, and sitting [him] close to fire".

Set cooking grates close to fire.

It will then move in extremely close to fire projectiles into the asteroid's surface.

My bones can feel the cold weather coming and I have a caveman's urge to get close to fire and fill my belly.

They remembered D.K., a fireman named Dan Kennedy who never used a mask and crawled as close to fire as he could get.

On its cruise, the Morning Star passed several patches of wavepoint, the grainy texture that darting baitfish weave on the water above them, and, close to Fire Island, a vast swath of water that shimmered and shook as if about to lift off — indicative of menhaden, a favorite humpback food.

But it's unusual: he grills slowly (over briquettes fired with gas, by the way), not too close to the fire, he insists, until gorgeously browned.

He sat downstairs, close to the fire, for it was colder now.

You'd put their feet in them and then place them close to the fire".

These have become particularly important decisions in the growing areas throughout the West where people live close to fire-prone forests.

"And any sales would be fairly close to fire-sale prices, because people aren't buying assets, especially in the newspaper business".