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Meanings of aflame in English

Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.

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Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.

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Examples for "aroused"
Examples for "aroused"
1
It aroused little opposition among workers and peasants; not much enthusiasm either.
Modern Times
2
The warder aroused the domestics in the tower, and the stranger entered.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 23
3
The Soviet System elicited intellectual approval, the Spanish struggle aroused emotional identification.
The God That Failed
4
It certainly aroused the men sleeping in the cabin, and the roundhouse.
The Blood Ship
5
Nationalist passions are aroused -of the type many thought long forgotten.
The Guardian
Usage of aflame in English
1
The unrest often targets northerners, and northern-owned businesses have been set aflame.
Reuters
2
His cheeks were aflame; his body was aglow; his limbs were trembling.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
3
The ancient capital of Virginia was aflame with the new rebel bunting.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
4
You have to publicly set any evidence of your former allegiances aflame.
Wired
5
A spark spell caught the text and then set the kindling aflame.
Spellwright
6
Sticks aflame and flying embers came in hissing showers on the water.
Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac
7
He opened the slats of the blind, and the flicker was aflame.
The Lunatic at Large
8
Several shops were aflame on the waterfront -perhaps from abandoned bonfires.
Stonewielder
9
His car was found aflame hours later on Oropi Road near SH36.
Radio NZ
10
Jane shuddered and drew back in the car, aflame with sudden wrath.
The Apartment Next Door
11
The hot blood was singing in her ears, her eyes were aflame.
The Mischief-Maker
12
This night had set wild and tumultuous emotions aflame in his breast.
Back to God's Country and Other Stories
13
And it set me aflame again... about why I was really here.
Speaks the Nightbird
14
The spark had fallen on the charcoal, and her eyes were aflame.
Gunman's Reckoning
15
He's like a cake of ice dipped in alcohol and set aflame.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
16
At the tinkle of the glasses Blake looked up, his face aflame.
Out of the Primitive
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