Sentence examples for was torched by from inspiring English sources

In 1689 the then Ottoman city was torched by the Austrians.

(McCourty atoned for an earlier blunder where he was torched by Johnson in man coverage for a touchdown).

They were moved to the Hesahesa displaced people camp in Zahinge after their home town was torched by the Janjaweed militia.

Note that while all of the streetlamps have been pilfered, the scene is still fully illuminated by a nearby tenement building that was torched by a landlord angling for an insurance payout.

#Tripoli — Aحmad H. عggour (@Psypherize) 14 Sep 12 Tahrir square protestors who use the KFC regularly would no doubt be upset to learn that the Lebanon branch was torched by their confreres.

Earlier, following talks with the chief minister of the northern province at Jaffna's library, which was torched by a mob in 1981, Mr Cameron was confronted by up to 200 mainly female Tamil demonstrators brandishing photographs of their missing relatives.

All these City practices should be torched by the regulator.

Sarju says he lives in fear that his hut will be torched by a resentful neighbour.

Bras were torched by a new generation of free-thinking, sexually liberated and politically aware women.

When last we saw these teams, they were being torched by a red-hot Peyton Manning in the playoffs.

Dozens of police officers were injured and a number of government vehicles, including a riot control vehicle, were torched by the agitators.