Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: flaming
IPA transcription: [fl'eɪmɪŋ]
Pronunciations of flaming
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: fire, flame, flaming
    Meaning: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
Usage examples
  • Each held a flaming torch of sandal-wood.
  • A flaming lamp hung from the ceiling above.
  • She was racing up the steps, flaming with anger and shame.
  • His eye was caught by a flaming red-and-gold Christmas-carol book.
  • We parried and thrust with the flaming hoses in an equally desperate effort to prevent it.
  • The magician lived in a gloomy tower, and had an enchanted black dog that he fed with flaming coals.
  • Then they sat down, laughing, the color flaming in their cheeks and eyes sparkling with pleasurable excitement.
  • With these words she marched out of the room, her cheeks flaming, and Aunt Jane looked after her with admiring eyes.
  • Let's see how it feels to be blind.' Dick shut his eyes, and flaming commas and Catherine-wheels floated inside the lids.
  • You are about to place me in a position which cannot fail to wring from jealousy and covetousness their flaming torch of abuse.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Archimedes, License CC BY-SA 4.0