A little before sundown three natives came within three hundred yards of the camp, setting fire to the grass as they came along.
By signs I ordered them to be off, and after much bother they left us, setting fire to the grass as they went along.
Here the natives annoyed them much by setting fire to the grass in every direction.
Finally, the meteor went through the floor, broke a large clock on the ground floor, setting fire to everything on its way.
It had gone through the straw without setting fire to it.
Edward having bought up the country, began to exercise the right of ownership by setting fire to little bits of it.
Bruce, directly he saw the foe, waited only to take their number, and retired with the utmost rapidity, amusing himself with the Scotch favourite Burns, by setting fire to all the villages.
Half an hour would suffice for my purpose of setting fire to the fleet, and it would take the gun-boats half an hour to get up steam, and their anchors, and pursue me.
Among the many slanders against me, to which the Northern press gave currency during the war, it was stated, that I decoyed ships into my power, by setting fire to my prizes at night, and remaining by them in ambuscade.
Uttering a shout of triumph, one of them rushed up the steps of the house with a blazing torch, and ran round it, setting fire to the light wood-work and thatch.
Tryon, full of anxiety, and aware that the country was rising, ordered a retreat before daylight, setting fire to the magazines to complete the destruction of the stores.
Great volumes of inflammable gases were ejected from deep cracks in the neighbouring hills, which presently took fire, and soared in flames of incredible height, setting fire to the forests.
Tagals attempt to burn Manila, setting fire simultaneously to the Santa Cruz, San Nicolas, and Tondo.
Almagro, landing, carried the place sword in hand, and, setting fire to the dwellings, drove the natives into the forest.
After the above-mentioned occurrence, Morales attacked by night a warlike cacique named Biru, setting fire to his town.
The ship was attacked by his orders, but the Dutchmen defended themselves so well that they could not be conquered save by setting fire to the vessel.
He received divers anonymous letters, containing threats of setting fire to his house, which was accordingly burned to the ground, though whether by accident or design he could not well determine.
Groups of women caught up torches lighted at the great fire, and scattered like furious bacchantes throughout Saguntum, setting fire to doors, and flinging burning brands upon the wooden roofs.
The mantelets began to burn, and a crowd of women and boys, grasping torches, encircled the walking-towers, setting fire to their osier walls.
Although no incendiary bullets are to be feared, there is always the danger of setting fire to the gas within the exhaust of the engines.
The blaze might flare back and burn him, particularly when he was lighting the stream, and so a special way of setting fire to the spray had to be devised.
The fine stream was ignited and carried the flame out to the main stream, setting fire to it near the limit of its range.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "setting fire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
