Sentence examples for trying to light from inspiring English sources

Both countries are trying to light fires in the region.

"I'm trying to light a fire under you, like you're standing on hot coals," he said.

It was like trying to light a gold ingot — and, considering the waste, nearly as expensive.

Mrs. Burt thinks it very ingenious and says they look so real people keep trying to light their cigarettes.

I spend an hour trying to light a gas fridge I've bought from a man who tears apart caravans.

"When you're trying to light a fire in your house, you don't start with a log," Mr. Liddell said, by way of analogy.

He made such a goofy production of trying to light the fuses hanging off his shoe that he practically asked the flight attendant if she had a match.

He later learned through news reports that Mr. Reid had been stopped by fellow passengers while trying to light a fuse in his shoe.

He appeared to be trying to light a fire under his own team, not to rattle the Mets' cages, Phillies catcher Chris Coste said.

But when someone tries to light up.

They both took out cigarettes and tried to light them, to no avail.