Sentence examples for set fires from inspiring English sources
"set fires" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is often used when describing the act of deliberately starting a fire. For example, "The arsonist set fires throughout the city."
Some even set fires in the camps.
Children warned of plans to set fires.
After the shooting, Palestinian youths set fires outside the tomb.
Refinery workers set fires in the capital, Willemstad.
At points, protesters set fires and turned over dumpsters.
In 2004, inmates rioted and set fires at a private prison in Colorado run by C.C.A.
Crime, and the rest follows," he said, referring to deliberately set fires.
The protesters smashed windows, set fires and threw eggs, bottles and other projectiles.
Part-time firemen sometimes set fires to generate work for themselves, a new FAO report notes.
Persons suffering from pyromania have a pathological and uncontrollable urge to set fires.
Still others died when angry relatives of victims set fires that caused explosions in nearby shops.
