How to Use bonfire in a Sentence

bonfire

noun

• The tours are at 6:30 and 8 p.m., and each ends with s’mores by a bonfire at the Boathouse.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Most of the athletes were sitting around a bonfire on the beach.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
• 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
• Gasoline was poured on him as he was marched to a bonfire.
  — National Geographic, 19 June 2020
• The garden was juddering in the light from the bonfire.
  — Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
• The Kalash dance around a bonfire, linking arms and chanting prayers for the year ahead.
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2020
• In 1920, the city began staging a parade and bonfire to mark the day.
  — National Geographic, 28 Oct. 2019
• 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
• 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
• Love the thought of a backyard bonfire on cool, fall nights but hate the thought of smoke stinging your eyes?
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
• Guests at the Friday event will be able to see the fort lit with candle lanterns and bonfires.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2019
• At the end of the day, gather your family around a bonfire to make s’mores and watch the tide roll in or out.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• Hannah is back at the bonfire, aware of what has happened to her.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• The last image is a video in which is seems to be burning a bag and a letter in a bonfire.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 12 Feb. 2023
• Summer in the south means that a bonfire or two is inevitable.
  — al, 23 May 2022
• The heat was more intense than sitting right next to a bonfire.
  — Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2021
• These chilly temps usually bring falling iguanas, dogs in puffer jackets and backyard bonfires.
  — Martin Vassolo, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
• The infusion of peat and sugar kelp introduces notes of bonfire smoke, heather, and maritime elements, balanced by the fruitiness from the red wine cask maturation.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025