How to Use bushfire in a Sentence

bushfire

noun

• With no end in sight to the bushfire crisis, such calls are bound to grow.
  — The Economist, 31 Dec. 2019
• This is said to be the worst bushfire in the area since the Ash Wednesday inferno in 1983.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2015
• Behind him, light from the bushfires suffused the sky like fresh blood.
  — Annette Lin, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2020
• More than 40 bushfires were burning across New South Wales state.
  — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
• The plight of koalas during the recent bushfire crisis made headlines here and abroad.
  — Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2020
• The pilots were part of an effort to tame a large bushfire currently raging in the area.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
• That's how many acres of land had been scorched by bushfires in Australia since September, as of last week.
  — Alex Baker-Whitcomb, Wired, 6 Jan. 2020
• In fact, particles from the Australian bushfire smoke have blown half way around the planet.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
• The bushfires have been burning for months now and have devastated large swathes of the country.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
• At least 3 people are dead and more missing as Australia braces for more #bushfires.
  — Emily Cadman, Bloomberg.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• Late last year and early this year, Australia suffered what was the worst bushfire season on record.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 Dec. 2020
• People who are leaving home due to the bushfires are asked to register with the Red Cross Register.
  — Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2020
• It’s estimated that more than 350 koalas have died in the bushfires, according to CNN.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2019
• Never before have bushfires struck Australia on such a scale.
  — The Economist, 16 Nov. 2019
• His entry showed a bird’s eye view image taken by a drone of a line of bushfire ripping through a wildlife reserve in Queensland.
  — NBC News, 1 Dec. 2021
• More than 350 koalas are feared to have been killed by bushfires in NSW, according to animal experts.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Nov. 2019
• But awareness has certainly been raised by now after months of bushfires and a week of doubt and debate at Melbourne Park.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020
• The bushfires also unleashed plumes of smoke so voluminous they could be seen from space.
  — Bymaya Wei-Haas, science.org, 10 May 2023
• Ball previously donated a month of his NBL salary to the victims of the Australian bushfire.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2020
• In August, 2021, five Portuguese firefighters were battling a bushfire in the south of the country when a sudden wind drove the blaze up a steep slope beneath them.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
• Bloomberg Sydney Fires Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, is covered in smoke due to a series of bushfires that have just combined in to a mega-blaze to the city’s north.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2019
• Since the fire season began in late July, large swaths of Australia have been devastated by the worst bushfires in decades.
  — Paul Vercammen, CNN, 5 Feb. 2020
• And the final major stop is Kangaroo Island, where guests will whale watch, tour vineyards, and learn about the impact of bushfires on the ecosystem.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
• At least half a billion animals have been killed by the Australian bushfires, and a Kentucky park is doing its part to help with relief.
  — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 7 Jan. 2020
• Like being in New Zealand when that volcano erupted or Australia while the bushfires were going on.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2020
• And while most of the regions with silo art weren’t affected by the recent bushfires, many of the farming communities with the murals remain in the grip of drought.
  — National Geographic, 11 May 2020
• Each platypus will be tracked for the next two years to better understand how to intervene and relocate the species in the event of drought, bushfire, or flood, researchers said.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 15 May 2023
• At the same time, the value of the Australian dollar surged to a 25-year high against the U.S. dollar, and drought and bushfires decimated vineyards and wineries in Victoria.
  — Elin McCoy, Bloomberg.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• Beyond the rail line in both directions, the land was a vast expanse of harsh scrub often pitted with the black scars of bushfires—only a few small villages of subsistence farmers broke the monotony.
  — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023
• Australia baked through an early-summer heatwave for several days in mid-December that fueled dozens of bushfires.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024