Sentence examples for conflagration raged for from inspiring English sources

Fought by 300 firefighters, the conflagration raged for 16 hours, destroying most of the bank's headquarters, the largest nongovernment building in Paris, one that dominated an entire block on the Boulevard des Italiens near the old Opra.

Lady Nugent, the American wife of Jamaica's British governor, watched aghast as the conflagration raged.

A misdirected melting pot, it sails on, as Philbrick notes, under "a man divided, seared and parboiled by the conflagration raging inside him," one who heedlessly sacrifices all those who have pledged their allegiance to him.

The battle raged for months.

The etiologic debate raged for many years.

Sectarian clashes raged for two days afterward.

The debate has raged for decades.

The battle raged for 13 years.

Boxer raged for justice.

The battle raged for nearly a month.

A conflagration rages in the city of the background, while a shooting star streaks through the sky.