Sentence examples for set fire to from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

set shooting to

set shoot to

set heat to

set light to

prescribed fire to

"set fire to" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe an action of intentionally causing an object to burn. For example, "He set fire to the building and the police arrived too late to stop him."

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They'd set fire to things!

The New York Times

Set fire to what?

The Guardian - Lifestyle

The Germans set fire to the ghetto.

The New York Times

I set fire to its testicles".

Independent

Set fire to my tail.

The Guardian - Music

Clegg set fire to a cactus.

The Guardian

One student set fire to another's coat.

The New York Times

He then set fire to the house.

The New York Times

Occasionally they set fire to country estates.

The New York Times

"I've never set fire to it".

The Guardian

Most teenagers don't set fire to cars.

The Guardian - Opinion

More suggestions(15)

setting fire to

set signals to

shooting fire to

set flame to

burned down

set victory to

set sound to

set valve to

set color to

set stance to

set of shooting

fire to

burned down to

burning the

were burned to

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