Sentence examples for pyromaniac from inspiring English sources

'pyromaniac' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is defined as a person who has an obsessive and uncontrollable urge to start fires. Example: The fire department suspects that the recent rash of small fires in the area may be the work of a pyromaniac.

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pyromaniac

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A person suffering from pyromania

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"You're a diplomatic pyromaniac, our children are being murdered because of your pyromaniacal theories," one Knesset member yelled.

In 1977, in contrast, one Wiltshire village cheerfully let a "pyromaniac" doctor take Jubilee fireworks home to add extra bangs.The 2012 Jubilee finds Britain changed again.

WITHOUT insurance, letting off lots of explosives in public is a bad idea even for the most ardent pyromaniac.

Suppose, for example, that the hearers of the utterance include a fireman, a pyromaniac, and a person who happens to know that the speaker is a pathological liar.

In his books King explored almost every terror-producing theme imaginable, from vampires, rabid dogs, deranged killers, and a pyromaniac to ghosts, extrasensory perception and telekinesis, biological warfare, and even a malevolent automobile.

In their glory days they were viewed as a loud and lairy party band, with their simplistic lyrical edge regularly cause for tabloid furore (the pyromaniac 'Firestarter' here sounds almost childishly snotty, although 'Smack My Bitch Up's is even harder to like or understand after two decades of feminist advance).

But in the end, "It was the best bit of it," continues the star of Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, of Turner's bespoke contribution to his adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's 2008 comic novel about 15-year-old Welsh lad Oliver Tate and his pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana Bevan.

"Electing Saudi Arabia as the world's judge on human rights would be like making a pyromaniac as the town fire chief".

Las Fallas: diary of a fiesta In the Valencian dialect, Las Fallas translates as "The Torches" – a neat summary of the pyromaniac extravaganza that will transform Valencia for five days from 15 March.

"Netanyahu acts like a political pyromaniac and has brought relations with the United States to an unprecedented nadir," he told Israel's Channel 2 online.

There was always a sleepwalker edging along the parapet of a skyscraper with his arms reaching toward the moon, or a werewolf starting to howl in the middle of Times Square, or a pyromaniac setting fire to the dock warehouses.

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