INCENDIARY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for INCENDIARY, such as:
1. They were bandits, counterfeiters, poisoners, incendiaries, murderers, parricides.
2. With regard to legal matters, immediately after the fires he gave orders to find and execute the incendiaries.
3. With regard to legal matters, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries the rest of Moscow burned down.
4. The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary.
2. With regard to legal matters, immediately after the fires he gave orders to find and execute the incendiaries.
3. With regard to legal matters, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries the rest of Moscow burned down.
4. The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary.
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Meanings and Examples of INCENDIARY
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incendiary
n. arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires
Classic Sentence:
1 Though Tushin's guns had been intended to cannonade the valley, he was firing incendiary balls at the village of Schon Grabern visible just opposite, in front of which large masses of French were advancing.
2 "Ah, he looks very much like an incendiary," remarked the officer.
3 The sun had now got far to the west of south and stood directly in her face, like some merciless incendiary, brand in hand, waiting to consume her.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
4 Henceforth, it is apt at all roles, it is made suspicious by the counterfeiter, covered with verdigris by the forger, blacked by the soot of the incendiary; and the murderer applies its rouge.
5 With regard to legal matters, immediately after the fires he gave orders to find and execute the incendiaries.
6 With regard to legal matters, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries the rest of Moscow burned down.
7 They were bandits, counterfeiters, poisoners, incendiaries, murderers, parricides.
Example Sentence:
1 The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary.