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Synonyms for afire
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-fahyuh r |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈfaɪər |
Définition of afire
Origin :- c.1200, afure, from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + fire (n.). Figurative use by late 14c.
- adj on fire
- Her eyes answered him whole-heartedly, for her imagination was afire.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- He was just a-blazing; and whenever he got afire he was most likely to get afire all over.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- The Kasbah was afire; it had been burning since the banquet of the night before.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Not a glance in his face disclosed passion, but his heart was afire.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- My little heart was afire at the humiliation put upon my mother.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- But my blood was afire, and I was in too hot a haste to reason.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- His face was afire with the drink that he had taken, and his throat was guggling and sputtering.
- Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
- His lungs were afire; it seemed that he must open them to the strangling water.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- Her breath was on his cheek, his heart was afire in one foolish leap.
- Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
- To our left the town roared and racketed as though it was afire.
- Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
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