How to Use set the world on fire in a Sentence
set the world on fire
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The game expected to move Xbox units off the shelves didn’t set the world on fire.
—Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2020
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The Saints set the world on fire last week with their complete game against the Buccaneers.
—Staff Report, NOLA.com, 14 Nov. 2020
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As a result, the Ridgeline's tow ratings don't set the world on fire.
—Nick Kurczewski, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2022
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All of that said, this was another alarming day for the Ravens defense against an offense that hardly set the world on fire in Weeks 1 and 2.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2022
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And in the games between the Bengals and Ravens so far this season, quarterback Joe Burrow hasn’t exactly set the world on fire.
—Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2023
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Hunter Henry hasn’t set the world on fire, but he’s been solid this entire season and appears to be hitting his stride at the right time for his fantasy managers.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
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Cleveland, despite all his obvious physical prowess, is still just a rookie, and first-year linemen rarely set the world on fire.
—Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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Venus and Serena are still playing, but those young girls soon to set the world on fire are now middle-aged women—one with a racket-wielding daughter of her own—heading into the sporting sunset.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2021
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None have set the world on fire so far, not least because people already have a number of apps at their disposal to handle shopping, communicating and payments.
—Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2022
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Speaking of political choices, in the years since the city began to get serious about excluding others, the San Francisco model has not exactly set the world on fire.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
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