Sentence examples for were fire from inspiring English sources
verb
To set (something) on fire.
If it were fire, I'd complain".
In Northern Ireland top negative words were fire and time.
In 1970, some American rivers were so polluted with chemicals that they were fire hazards.
In the past the lakes were there to prevent disaster: they were "fire stoppers" and known as branddamme (fire ponds).
There were fire sensors in the barn, but it was unclear whether they were working, an investigator said.
The next morning, when I got back, there were fire engines there; they were still putting the fire out.
London bookshops were fire-bombed.
Homes of some leading human rights activists were fire-bombed.
In November, 2011, it published a special issue, Charia Hebdo, guest-edited by the Prophet; the offices were fire-bombed just as it hit the newsstands.
As insulation requirements changed, some manufacturers incorrectly claimed that their products were fire-safe – a move that led the Federal Trade Commission to demand improved fire-testing standards.
In November 2011, the magazine's offices were fire-bombed after it published a special edition, supposedly guest-edited by the prophet Mohamed and temporarily renamed "Charia Hebdo".
