Sentence examples for setting afire from inspiring English sources

Still the country would never forget the ignominy of the president and his wife having to flee in the face of advancing British troops bent on laying waste Washington, D.C., including setting afire the executive mansion, the Capitol, and other public buildings.

On August 7 and August 8, Japanese aircraft based at Rabaul attacked the Allied amphibious forces several times, setting afire the U.S. transport ship George F. Elliott (which sank later) and heavily damaging the destroyer USS Jarvis.

During the landing operations on 7 and 8 August, Japanese naval aircraft based at Rabaul, under the command of Sadayoshi Yamada, attacked the Allied amphibious forces several times, setting afire the transport USS George F. Elliot (which sank two days later) and heavily damaging the destroyer.

The office was set afire with gasoline.

One morning the church was set afire.

Then the Japanese Pavilion was set afire.

The last car was set afire a little after noon.

Several weeks earlier, it had also been set afire.

In Kandahar, Nasaji Nakhi High School and Miyan Abdul Hakim High School were set afire.

Bleachers at the baseball diamond also were set afire.

Piles of rotting garbage, occasionally set afire, lined the streets.