Sentence examples for on flames of from inspiring English sources

From 1815 to 1819 English chemist Sir Humphry Davy experimented on combustion, including measurements of flame temperatures, investigations of the effect on flames of rarefied gases, and dilution with various gases; he also discovered catalytic combustion the oxidation of combustibles on a catalytic surface accompanied by the release of heat but without flame.

Mrs. Merkel was pouring fuel on the flames of the crisis, he claimed.

Drank more and more, 'pouring fuel on the flames of my misery'.

Osborne is pouring fuel on the flames of an overheating housing market in the south-east.

One senior party figure told the newspaper: "This will simply pour petrol on the flames of rage consuming the Parliamentary Labour Party".

Botticelli is also known to have painted (1475) for Giuliano a banner of Pallas trampling on the flames of love and Cupid bound to an olive tree.

President Shimon Peres, meeting with settler leaders over the tensions, said such attacks were "pouring oil on the flames" of regional anger at Israel.

Pouring oil on the flames of internal conflicts or other "simple" solutions that violate international law will only lead to a destructive chain reaction.

There was no descent into cloying sentimentality in the tender slow movement either, and the "con fuoco" marking of the finale was taken at its word, with Gerstein throwing petrol on the flames of his bravura passages.

It could well be that a short-sighted penal system poured petrol on the flames of his personality, and there is irony that, unlike the IRA hunger strikers, Bronson never killed or advocated killing.

This utterly misguided war was recklessly commandeered by de-facto Speaker of of the House Sen. Ted Cruz who, while uber-marginalizing the Speaker-in-name-only John Boehner, manically poured ideological fuel on the flames of the House crazies' obsession and delusion.