How to Use firework in a Sentence

firework

noun
Definition of fireworknext
  • Are you going to stay for the fireworks?
  • We expect a few fireworks during the presidential debate.
  • The boy falls to the ground just as the firework launches from his hand into the sky.
    — Abeer Salman, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The cymbals pop like fireworks; the groove bends, this way and that.
    — Raymond Cummings, SPIN, 28 May 2024
  • The event is capped with a fireworks show, with lights shooting from a barge in the channel.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Don't have any part of your body over the firework while lighting it.
    — Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 23 June 2022
  • Instead, Pac pulled out a strap, and that’s when the fireworks started.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The new law also extends the date that cities cannot ban fireworks to Jan. 4 from Jan. 3.
    — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2023
  • The noise came from a firework set off by a group of juveniles.
    — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Come hungry and don’t miss out on the fireworks show, tree lighting and live cumbia.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The Detroit fireworks are a snap, crackle and pop away.
    — Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
  • Burning more than 6,000 acres, the fire reached the golf course where the city will host its firework show Monday.
    — Payton Major and Haley Brink, CNN, 2 July 2022
  • The pop sound is believed to have been a firework, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021
  • To cap off the evening, Grand Exit lit up the sky with a festive fireworks display.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The video shows Rami lighting the fuse of a firework before a loud bang is heard.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Prior to the first ball drop, Ochs had held a fireworks display for New Year's Eve.
    — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The police said the man fired a firework toward them before he was shot and killed.
    — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Davis does not allow the use or discharge of fireworks.
    — Jonathan Ponce, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
  • The first photo in the post was snapped in the front of the iconic silos, with string lights and fireworks exploding in the background.
    — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The fireworks were still firing two hours after the final out when my dad and I left.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • What better way to prepare for fireworks than to get sparkles all over your nails?
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 13 May 2023
  • Kivlenieks was in a hot tub when a firework shell misfired.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2021
  • But not if drivers near the front end are willing to engage in fireworks.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • The firework is a shell that is propelled into the air and then detonates.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2021
  • That's made trading sessions around the data less prone to fireworks than just a few months ago.
    — WSJ, 10 July 2023
  • Above them fireworks popped in the night sky, as the crowd converged on a giant video screen overlooking a square.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • The people who get on a power trip with fireworks, stick them up your wazoo and light them.
    — Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Sharrett pulled out his cigarette lighter, lit the propane torch in his hand and laid its blue flame on the first fuse on the first firework.
    — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2021
  • If fireworks aren't on your itinerary, maybe a festive flick will do the trick.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 May 2023
  • Video of the incident captures the truck exploding in a ball of fire, and fireworks can also be seen going off in all directions.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025

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