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How to use blaze in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Blaze means a fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light. Example: “They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.”

Examples of blaze by meaning

nounA fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

  • Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

nounIntense, direct light accompanied with heat.

  • They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.

verbTo be on fire, especially producing bright flames.

  • The campfire blazed merrily.

verbTo send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.

  • And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

verbTo be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.

  • “I’ll die before I let my grandad pay you that much money!” blazed the girl.1929, Reginald Charles Barker, The Hair-trigger Brand, page 160

nounThe white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

  • The palomino had a white blaze on its face.

verbTo set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).

  • We drew them up, therefore, and concealed them among the bushes, blazing a tree with our axes, so that we should find them again.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

verbTo indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.

  • The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.

More sentences with blaze

  • I could tell by his bloodshot eyes that he was pretty blazed.From the entry blazed
  • We don't want to blaze a trail when we can imitate something that has already been done.From the entry blaze a trail
  • BLAZE Multiphysics has many features from: discretation, temporal resolution, user modification and post processing.From the entry discretization
  • It gets blazes hot here in the summer.From the entry blazes
  • What the blue blazes are you talking about?From the entry blue blazes
  • How in blue blazes am I supposed to do that?From the entry blue blazes
  • The soldiers could blaze us down any time.From the entry blaze down
  • The yellow blazes denote the trail.From the entry denote
  • Sunlight blazed down on our heads.From the entry blaze down
  • My interpretation of purist became this: pass every white blaze with my full pack, with no slackpacking.2012, Paul Stutzman, Hiking Through: One Man's Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail, →ISBN. From the entry slackpacking
  • Protesters burned a train station below, hurling tyres on to an already roaring blaze across the tracks.2010 May 19, Ben Doherty, “Thai soldiers arrest protest leaders in bloody 'final crackdown'”, in The Guardian. From the entry bunker
  • The house was weather-tight and warm, big fires blazed in every room.2010, Elizabeth Gill, chapter 22, in Snow Hall, Sutton, Surrey: Severn House Publishers, →ISBN, page 193. From the entry weather-tight
  • Some 50 firefighters, 10 tankers and waterbombers battled the grass and scrub blaze, which began about 12.30pm.2009 February 28, Anthony Dowsley, Jane Metlikovec, “Relief for Victorians as weather fails to hit extremes”, in Herald Sun, archived from…. From the entry waterbomber
  • Something as momentous—as downright mollyfogging, ripsnorting, billy-o blazes as this—required something more.2008 January 7, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson, Hijacked!, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry mollyfogging
  • Now Dianamania flickers fitfully on and off like faulty neon while Beatlemania blazes stronger than ever.2005, Philip Norman, Shout!: the Beatles in their generation. From the entry Dianamania
  • He whispered to Delilah and—as mad as blazes—the pair stared daggers at me and huffed off.2005, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson, The Adventures of Firefly, the Tiny Detective, page 22. From the entry Billy-be-damned
  • The necessary fires alone — the salamanders and tinner's pots — had caused dozens of small blazes.2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 192. From the entry salamander
  • Then, not far on, a black blaze on a cider gum trunk.1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 14. From the entry cider gum
  • Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry tam
  • The contrast between that infernal blaze of feeling and keep-the-home-fires burning was just too much.1984, Lynne Reid Banks, The Warning Bell, page 302. From the entry lucy
  • As always, there was a fizzing, popping blaze of pine and sappy apple logs in the fireplace.1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 8, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 61. From the entry sappy
  • Country people in going through strange woods blaze a trail so they can retrace their steps.1954 June 17, B. C. Threadgill, “The Cat Came Back, But How Did He Do It?”, in The Birmingham News, number 82, Birmingham, Ala., column 5. From the entry felinology
  • If animals do the same, are they directed by the blazes of sight or scent?1954 June 17, B. C. Threadgill, “The Cat Came Back, But How Did He Do It?”, in The Birmingham News, number 82, Birmingham, Ala., column 5. From the entry felinology
  • The blaze was yet a fern fire, but it was what the smoke-eaters called a “hot job.”1947, James Stevens, Paul Bunyan’s Bears, Seattle: Frank McCaffrey Publishers, page 111. From the entry smoke-eater
  • He adjusted the controls and a cluster of some half-dozen stellar systems blazed red.1944 August, Isaac Asimov, “The Big and the Little”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume XXXIII, number 6, page 8. From the entry trimensional
  • The flowers, oppressive to the eyes, blazed with not a petal stirring, in a debauch of sun.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC…. From the entry debauch
  • Down the street, the Times Square light show blazed, half power at this time of night but still magnificent.2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 147. From the entry Times Square
  • I was reluctant, but so blazed that I let them.2012, The Shy-Tiger, Dressed Up Garbage Can, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry blazed
  • Then comes the bonus— in the fall, the wispy stems called “fern” become a blaze of yellow, floofy, feathery stems.2012, Joy Bossi, Karen Bastow, The Incredible Edible Landscape, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry floofy
  • The downpour was terrific, and the lightning a blaze of light, intense, with thousands of flashes on the wagon-sheet.2012, J. Evetts Haley, Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman. From the entry wagon-sheet
  • Indeed, many guests even became habitués in order to blaze a trail with reckless abandon seven days a week.2011 September 28, Greg Simmons, “The most rock'n'roll hotel in the world? Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont”, in The Guardian. From the entry habitué
  • More than 21 tankers are now battling the blaze which has spread to 20ha and destroyed a hayshed.2009 January 28, Sarah Wotherspoon, “Mercury rising as firefighters battle grass blaze”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 04…. From the entry hayshed

Meaning of blaze

  1. noun A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
  2. noun Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
  3. noun A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.

Full definition of blaze

Questions about blaze in a sentence

How do you use blaze in a sentence?
Blaze is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.”
What is a short sentence with blaze?
“The campfire blazed merrily.”
What does blaze mean?
Blaze means a fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

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