Sentence examples for setting a match from inspiring English sources

"But in this environment, an accident is going to be like setting a match to a tinderbox".

"It was like setting a match to gasoline," said Kim Dae-in, president of the Good Law, a civic group that monitors the justice system.

In two separate interviews over less than a week, he managed to look as if he'd been woken up only minutes before setting a match to a Marlboro Light and hoarsely answering the first question.

A week when the Caucasian Stepin Fetchit Glenn Beck -- which is more of a slam against Lincoln Perry than it is Glenn -- thought it was humorous to take on the guise of our president and pantomime him pouring gas on the average citizen before setting a match to him.

So to signal their position, someone set a match to a blanket.

Deep-rooted racism that hasn't been addressed is sitting there, permeating, and he just set a match to it.

Then set a match to the paper (in a safe place, of course) and watch those tired, old stories go up in flames.

So it looks as if it might take some ingenuity to set up a match.

Dallas attacked Ziggler as Miz ran away to set up a match between the two.

Consider the difference between a game, set, and a match.

You could set up a match against one another or follow her Pinterest boards.