How to Use bonfire in a Sentence

bonfire

noun
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  • Play music, have a bonfire, play board games or have a dance party.
    — Jessica Saggio | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2021
  • The Kalash dance around a bonfire, linking arms and chanting prayers for the year ahead.
    — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Other nights, you might be surprised by a bonfire or stargazing and s’mores.
    — Michelle Stansbury, Marie Claire, 23 Feb. 2021
  • But takeout, and those hardy enough to sip and snack by a bonfire on the shortest days of the year, weren't enough.
    — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2021
  • In Altan’s novel, not many people object to this bonfire of archives.
    — Kaya Genç, The New Republic, 30 Dec. 2020
  • As city officials appealed for peace, the only fire that erupted was a bonfire in the middle of the street built to keep demonstrators warm.
    — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
  • But infrared can just see all these asteroids, even if they're illuminated by the sun's glare, if they're hidden like a match in front of a bonfire.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Official tasting notes describe green apples, honey, cream soda, and soft peat of a smoldering bonfire and smoked seafood on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2024
  • Picture cool fall nights punctuated by movies under the stars, bonfires, and s’mores, and days filled with ping pong, shuffle puck, and swimming in the heated pool.
    — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Soon, Jane had coordinated plans with the mayor’s office and fire department to hold the bonfire.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Christmas carols will be sung around a bonfire for approximately an hour, beginning at 6 p.m.
    — courant.com, 18 Dec. 2020
  • As the night wore on, protesters lit a bonfire in the street but eventually dispersed by around 2 a.m., according to reporters on the scene.
    — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Gathering Around a Bonfire Cool weather or no cool weather, there’s going to be a bonfire.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Festival attendees can enjoy fun activities — a beer tent with live music, a petting zoo, face painting, a scavenger hunt, train and hay rides, a bonfire, a magic show and more.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
  • His new book, The Removed, focuses on the Echota family in the days leading up to its annual family bonfire.
    — Shawna Seed, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2021
  • The bonfire is cleansing and meant to burn away all the bad and evil.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
  • That caused Shep to fall over in his chair as the bonfire raged on.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Watch the sunset or gaze at the stars up above next to a bonfire on the beach.
    — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2024
  • End the night with s'mores and hot chocolate by a bonfire.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
  • Again, the bonfire smoke coming from the peat is soft and slow.
    — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Simone has a rough start, but there was the fun at the bonfire.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • On Thursday, in the southern swath of the burn scar, the hot air still smelled of bonfire.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • And when the sun goes down, the style factor heats up like a big ol' Texas bonfire.
    — Hannah Jones, Country Living, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Over a bonfire and small cups of hot chocolate, the crowd was hushed.
    — Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • By the front door, two creepy groups of stone cult members make a bonfire.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The streets were ablaze with bonfires that winter, tires and much else set aflame.
    — Roya Hakakian, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The gulch and the forest around it became a bonfire pit waiting for a spark.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The garden was juddering in the light from the bonfire.
    — Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
  • This looks like a bonfire versus a black rolling smoke.
    — Maggie Vespa, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • And Lewis, the son of Benjamin, the sisters’ cousin, would light the bonfire, once his father’s job.
    — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022

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