How to Use bonfire in a Sentence

bonfire

noun

• 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 | [e-mail], 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

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024