How to Use flammable in a Sentence

flammable

adjective

• The heat causes the cell to vent flammable gas, which can ignite and catch fire.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• The bark has many bubbles in it that contains the tree’s sap, which is flammable.
  — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• Not to mention, the flammable wood from the pencil posed a danger in and of itself.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• Keep them in a cool, dry area and make sure they aren't exposed to heat as some can be flammable.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
• Make sure the caps and tops on flammable and volatile liquids are secure and out of the reach of little ones.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
• The nitrate film that was used at the time was highly flammable, and many films were destroyed in fires.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2021
• This clear, flammable liquid has a distinct smell and taste.
  — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2024
• The sources confirmed the suspect had a blow torch, a flare gun and other flammable liquids with him.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
• Some maintained flammable liquid that added fuel to the fire.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
• The truck was used to transport flammable liquids, according to Coe.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2023
• Explosive gas flares from nearby oil wells spew an oily, flammable residue on the plants.
  — Sheyla Urdaneta Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 22 July 2023
• One settler threw a flammable liquid across an activist’s car and set it ablaze.
  — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• Vinyl chloride, the chemical that was vented, is a flammable gas.
  — The Editors, National Review, 26 Feb. 2023
• To complicate things further, the resin of lodgepole pine is flammable.
  — Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Feb. 2022
• Five of the train cars had a toxic, flammable gas called vinyl chloride that can cause certain cancers.
  — Benjamin Duer, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
• The electrolyte replaces the volatile, flammable liquid one used today.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2021
• Extinguishing fires in some cases led to a buildup of flammable brush and trees and more severe fires.
  — Alex Brown, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
• Charge away from anything flammable, so keep the devices far from pillows, beds, and couches.
  — Jim Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• That’s because methane is a flammable gas with the potential to catch and explode.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2021
• Dead, dry leaves, grasses and branches are more flammable than living plants.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• Sprinklers watered down trunks and flammable matter was raked away from trees.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2021
• Sprinklers watered trunks and flammable matter was raked away from trees.
  — Fox News, 20 Nov. 2021
• Most people don't want to take apart devices that weigh hundreds of pounds and draw heavy power or flammable gas to learn more about them.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2022
• Then last summer, weak parachutes and flammable tape cropped up that needed to be fixed or removed.
  — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 May 2024
• The Egyptian is one of only five theaters in the U.S. that can project highly flammable vintage nitrate films.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
• He was seen pouring a flammable liquid in the hallway before setting the blaze and running away.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
• Because dead trees are more flammable, Mr. Derridj said flames spread faster, further sped by wind.
  — Madjid Serrah, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
• Prescribed burns over the last 50 years have cleared highly flammable dead vegetation from around the trees.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
• The book is set in the near future, and its version of California is so arid, hot and flammable that water is too scarce to go around.
  — New York Times, 30 July 2021
• What is being done about flammable material under bridges?
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025