How To Use Firework In A Sentence

Amid fireworks, a color guard and torrents of cheers, 62 former Redskins were introduced on Sunday night at FedEx Field, from Carl Kammerer, who played in 1963, to Darnerien McCants, who retired in 2004. Shanahan, McNabb are helping the Redskins recapture their past
BALTIMORE - Michael Phelps was formally welcomed home Saturday with a two-pronged celebration that began with a parade and ended with a fireworks show at historic Fort McHenry.
A Catalan parade will kick off an exuberant evening of Catalonian dance, music and fireworks.
The SPCA has been calling for the complete ban of fireworks and crackers for some time now.
Then trumpeters played a fanfare, fireworks boomed and crackled across the sky and children from schools on either side of the river waved flags and exchanged huge greetings cards to commemorate new links between their communities.

Fireworks and the nightglow created by tethered balloons happen after sunset. Times, Sunday Times
Shahzad also was captured on video buying fireworks from a Matamoras, Pa., store. Dramatic airport arrest nets Times Square bomb suspect
In some places fireworks and rockets were sent up. Times, Sunday Times
Distant fireworks could be heard popping off.
Selling fireworks should be prohibited other than for the few days immediately before November 5, unless the authorities give special dispensation for other events.
The boys went off to play catch with a football as we set up lunch and then waited for the fireworks to arrive.
Seamus Ryan says he feels there needs to be greater controls on the sale and use of fireworks and bangers.
The year is filled with important religious events, and all localities are identified with patron saints who are celebrated, somewhat competitively, with fireworks and festa pageantry, including processions.
The crackdown followed five attacks in which industrial-strength display fireworks were used to damage phone boxes and several cars on October 12 and 13.
Twinkling flashbulbs lit up Centre Court like fireworks in the night when Sampras kissed the trophy once again, his eyes glistening from the tears he had shed moments earlier after he whacked his final service winner to beat Patrick Rafter 6-7 Sampras wins historic Wimbledon title
Still in the end around 16,000 fans went home fed up after a damp squib of a derby that was supposed to be full of fireworks. The Sun
The fireworks begin at eight o'clock precisely.
Donaldson is accused of luring his wife into the disused house on the caravan site at Crianlarich, where he had stored a box of large fireworks.
July fireworks into a bursting full tilt, hi-def, fruit loop weird-plosion. John McNamara: Palin: Idiot? Genius? Or Something Else?
The real fireworks are provided by Shakespeare's poetry.
The late-nights thuds and bangs have made it loud and clear - it's firework time again.
It is a transformation scene without a suggestion of stage carpentry or fireworks and there is something of enchantment about it.
The fuses were the rigid kind of firework lighter things that glow for ages - the scientists amongst us had had great fun experimenting with these to get the timings right. The Phantom Firework Display
We seem to have survived the cannonade of illegal fireworks. Entry #2,205
No one is urged to dwell on the fact that the day's fireworks displays are symbolic of an armed revolution against tyranny and colonialism.
It is celebrated with fiestas, parades, and fireworks.
fireworks, Fourth of July, United States, Independence Day Peacock Feather/Dragonfly: Pyrotechnicians agree that the blue-violet shades of this peacock feather are the most challenging to formulate.
Light the bonfire after the firework display so there is no risk of sparks or heat setting fireworks off.
It's the apocalypse, the cataclysm, doomsday, the big firework!
Shopkeepers will also agree not to sell illegal fireworks which have been voluntarily banned by the industry.
By night, check out the shows in the open-air theatre or take to the beach for fireworks and live music. The Sun
The last time was the night after the firework and I was too fragile to stand in that pub with fireworks going off all over London.
All around us, Berliners were lighting off fireworks, firecrackers, noisemakers and rockets, and none too cautiously.
Fireworks are not private nor personal as they disturb and frighten people and animals for miles around.
Dennis also bought thirty to forty dollars' worth of fireworks, everything from firecrackers to some really serious-looking rockets.
Will the firework make a loud enough bang?
So what kind of emotional fireworks can we expect from her?
Bonfire night can fill a child with wonder and we love to see their little faces light up at the sight and sound of the fireworks and the smell and taste of treacle toffee and parkin.
They set off fireworks and threw objects at the police. Times, Sunday Times
That monotony of form, those commonplace cadenzas, those endless bravura passages introduced at haphazard irrespective of the dramatic situation, that recurrent _crescendo_ that Rossini brought into vogue, are now an integral part of every composition; those vocal fireworks result in a sort of babbling, chattering, vaporous mucic, of which the sole merit depends on the greater or less fluency of the singer and his rapidity of vocalization. Gambara
The event will snake through the city centre culminating with a fireworks display above Leeds Town Hall at midnight.
There is a spectacular 'nightglow' show at sunset tonight with music and fireworks. Times, Sunday Times
Over the next few nights, when you're watching the fireworks shower sparks across the sky, spare a moment to remember, remember the fifth of November.
It comes amid growing anger about the year-round use of fireworks which now light up the sky to mark the New Year, wedding receptions, birthday celebrations and during religious, sporting and other festivals.
A firework was pushed through the letter box of the building and set fire to items of mail, causing smoke damage to the building on Owen Road.
We are now back on the street, once again with music, dance, fireworks, and upwards of 300 in the procession, having picked up invitees from the last two stops, and undoubtedly others along the way. A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition
Wide-eyed youngsters watched as dozens of fireworks exploded in a shower of colour to kick-off the celebrations with a bang.
Both were, of course, memorable events which used spectacular fireworks, acrobats, singers, dancers and musicians to showcase the city to the world.
John opened the door to be confronted by two youths who threw a blazing firework at him.
Apparently there has been an increase in the use of fireworks this year with bangers and so called rockets going off on a nightly basis over the past few weeks.
The fireworks will be accompanied by music performances and laser light displays.
In recent years, the Chinese government has clamped down on firecrackers and fireworks in the cities because of fire hazards.
A young boy suffered burns to his chest and abdomen when he was hit by a firework at a home display in York.
The first 20,000 fans will be given a Reds "fleecie" and the game will be followed by fireworks. Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com
John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that this day would be a day of history that would be marked with bonfires, church bells ringing and "illuminations" -- or fireworks. Kenneth C. Davis: Don't Know Much About the Declaration? A Refresher On Our Freedoms
This incident was particularly severe because of the huge amount of gunpowder in the firework.
At Trillium Health Centre's Maharani and Maharaja Gala, an extravagant evening featuring indoor fireworks and South Asian food and entertainment, an 85-year-old gori white woman named Hazel was belle of the ball. Local
Police said that a firework had set fire to netting on scaffolding next to the church which was soon extinguished. Times, Sunday Times
On New Year's Eve the display of fireworks offers many attractions.
The fireworks party was organised by all of Ben and Sarah's neighbours in a small communal garden at the back of the crescent of houses where they live.
But it is getting harder for many grown-ups to stage a fireworks display on fireworks night, too.
Some researchers have suggested that a collision with another star produced the fireworks, while others have argued that the star simply "burped" after swallowing some planet-sized objects. New Scientist - Space
Light fireworks at arms length using a specially-made safety lighter or a taper.
The fireworks brought a touch of magic to the occasion.
This year, we had the additional joys of a barmy dog that hates fireworks - and goes slightly mental when they go off.
Liling has a long history of sparkler, and it was more than 1300 years ago. It has become one of nationwide main fireworks production districts.
An incredible ding-dong match - the lead changed hands seven times - played out in front of full, noisy stands showed that rugby league was back in York with a bang louder than the fireworks that greeted the players.
The Fireworks Bill was given its third reading in the Lords without debate.
All night long fireworks soared into the sky.
Seriously, It's most outstanding feature is It's wrecktacular decorations---imagine: ROSES "and" FIREWORKS in a synergistic wrecksplosion of cakey- bakey graduational melange... The Sprinkles Decorator Strikes Again
In front of the palazzo stands an age-old Kashmir cypress with its cascading leaves, like a frozen firework trail.
Fireworks should be completely avoided, although if people did insist on using them, it should only be by a reliable and responsible adult.
The fireworks lit up the sky.
His are not the Vegas-style mega-illusions involving disappearing tigers, dry ice, fireworks and showgirls.
The next door neighbours are setting off their fireworks as I type this.
Every so often I notice a fireworks display off in the distance; sometimes near the East River, sometimes near the Brooklyn beaches.
Scattered remains of fireworks lay ignored and disappointed , emitting their last warm, sulphurous breath.
In some cities firemen have been pelted with rocks and even attacked with fireworks.
She said he then leaned over her with a taper which he lit and then used to light the massive fireworks.
Whiston fire station officer Phil Brammeier blasted pranksters who fired a rocket firework through a letterbox in Scott Avenue.
They said one firework looked like a traffic light but he could see none of the colours against the night sky.
If people must have fireworks then they should only be for properly organised displays.
The most pleasurable experience of the evening was the wonderful fireworks display.
Amid a spray of spilt drinks and nibbles, much cheering, dancing and backslapping, the unruly crowd vented their delirium in the manner of Indian cricket spectators, setting alight their match programs and letting off fireworks.
Now he is petrified of fireworks and the noise they make and was prompted to write to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph about his fears.
No one is urged to dwell on the fact that the day's fireworks displays are symbolic of an armed revolution against tyranny and colonialism.
Gore Verbinski, Jerry Bruckheimer and Russio & Elliot put themselves out on the yardarm and delivered post-retro fireworks that all the world could see… twice.
Just you watch the fireworks when your father catches those boys!
To well-off businessmen, the lighting of firecrackers and fireworks, to this day, symbolizes their expectation of wealth for the coming year.
The sky was a dark cavern clustered with a few stars, its surface lit occasionally by a spurt of colour stretching out from a firework just released.
We went to the train station to go home, and there was a firework display, again.
Every blink set off fireworks behind his eyelids.
Pet lovers are upset to see the trauma caused to animals by noise and sudden eruptions of fireworks.
Boisterous crowds dispelled the darkness of night with fireworks as crackers shattered the stillness of the night.
Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off.
China invented fireworks but has long prohibited their use because of accidents. Times, Sunday Times
When the firing broke out, it was like some utterly excessive fireworks display.
Critics have him pigeonholed as ‘Flash Gordon,’ that postmodern enfant terrible who rocketed to stardom on the supercharged fireworks of the State of Illinois Building in 1985.
This time I get to walk through a thick cloud of firework haze.
The lightning was the forked kind and it branched suddenly like a firework and yet like the limb of a blazing tree.
Used in fireworks as oxidizing agents, they are cited as dangerous to human health in dust form by the Encyclopedia of Occupational Health, which says their effects include “sore throat … dizziness … they are an irritant to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes … they can cause haemolytic anemia … and liver and kidney injuries.” Bright Lights and Big Bangs: The Chemical Composition of Fireworks
And take care with sparklers, fireworks, bangers and bonfires and try not to frighten the vulnerable.
The use of bangers and fireworks to welcome in the new year being suspended by more than 850 towns and cities on the Italian peninsula. Times, Sunday Times
Flags waved and the rain held as thousands of people enjoyed the concert and fireworks in front of the lake and grandeur of Bowood House.
One was solemn, the other fizzed like a firework. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
For years the start and end of the two minutes silence across the town has been signalled by the firing of a maroon - a firework-like device that produces a deafening boom.
Edwina, who lives with her husband and kids in Toronto, says there are always fireworks when show business and family life collide.
Our dog took fright at the noise of the fireworks and ran indoors.
In Hannover, fireworks marked the inauguration of the AWD arena.
Among the dead were seven people trapped in houses set alight when a firecracker ignited a stack of fireworks.
The government is to get tough on hooligans who cause mayhem with fireworks.
During one production, his montage-style assault upon the audience's senses climaxed with fireworks planted under their chairs exploding.
Let's hope that Bradford MP Gerry Sutcliffe, whose ministerial responsibilities now include fireworks, is sympathetic to that view.
So, amid glitter of illuminated streets and Champs Elysees, and crackle of fireworks and glad deray, has the first National Assembly vanished; dissolving, as they well say, into blank Time; and is no more. The French Revolution
Well, he served for some time at a queer sort o 'trade -- the makin' o 'fireworks; them rediklous things they call squibs, crackers, rockets, an' Roman candles, with which the foolish folk o 'the settlements blow their money into smoke for the sake o' ticklin 'their fancies for a few minutes. The Prairie Chief
Travel Nurse - RN such as the antique heritage tractor adventure, july 4th fireworks celebration, engle lane community theater, art on the prairie fine arts festival in the park .... Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk
As was the case for the last fourteen years, I was sitting at my desk, working, while the crowd at the showgrounds enjoyed their pap and braaivleis, gaping at the fireworks display.
Guests ate, drank and partied whilst being entertained by an array of fireworks in the skies above.
Around them bustles Ceicao, an ancient village woman, who cackles and gabbles as she throws sticks and pokes the ashes of the fire, raising cinders like showers of fireworks.
The event is a spectacular combination of fireworks exploding in harmony with a musical accompaniment.
Later there will be fireworks, her name ablaze: MARCELLA. AN ITALIAN CLASSIC
Fixed notice penalties have already been introduced for throwing a firework in a public place.
On the first occasion, Sir Ralph, a fireworks enthusiast, had been invited by Olivier and his house-proud future wife, Vivien Leigh, to celebrate her birthday at their bijoux London home. John Heilpern
Cars were set alight, buses were stoned and fireworks and bottles thrown at cars.
The whole city would be lit by firelight and fireworks instead of moonlight.
Flowers and bushes in full splendor - the foliage of Jasperwood is uniquely timed so that something is always going off; summer is like a slo-mo fireworks exhibition.
It is given a typically thoughtful production with just enough theatrical fireworks.
Fantastic facts, cinematic secrets and unforgettable demonstrations of the science behind fireworks and movie stunts. Times, Sunday Times
The fireworks seemed to pulse with the music, her skin seemed to melt and re-form from moment to moment.
These are not sweet little kids any more - these are the teenagers, the morally lost, socially dispossessed gits who hang outside the off license letting off fireworks.
An explosion of colour and light dazzled the crowd during the traditional fireworks display at the family concert.
They are also used in firework displays to celebrate great events.
As I stepped onto the pavement, a thunderous roar ripped across the sky and the crowds looked up shouting oohs and aahs normally reserved for local council firework displays.
Other footage featured pals committing offences including blowing up a wheelie bin and a microwave with fireworks. The Sun
Two other boats approached, fore and aft, and began firing fireworks at the vessel.
The more unusual ways of scattering ashes include packing them into fireworks which are then fired into the sky and putting ashes in shotgun cartridges to be blasted away.
The evening ended with an amazing five-minute firework display, which entranced and mesmerised the huge crowd.
People attending fireworks displays yesterday faced downpours and gales, but worse weather is on the way. Times, Sunday Times
The children are setting fireworks off in the garden.
Many other specialties, such as glassblowing, candy making, circus performing, and fireworks, are passed down through families. In Praise of Nepotism
There were no bells sounding, no fireworks screaming through the sky, and no audience to clap and cheer us on.
This incident was particularly severe because of the huge amount of gunpowder in the firework.
Halloween enthusiasts from across the globe light thousands of pumpkins with candles, before setting off a spectacular fireworks display. The Sun
There are fireworks, of course, and wee boys have a licence to roam the streets letting off bangers up closes, down dunnies and underneath unsuspecting old-age pensioners.
Two flares were let off during the game, along with several "bungers" - small fireworks that give off a loud sound.
You can easily overexpose your film by including too many bursts on one frame, as the fireworks overlap one another.
And then there was a blinding flash of brightness before his eyes, like fireworks exploding in uncanny profusion, blue, yellow, green, red. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
Speaking about the consequences of fireworks on dogs, operations director Jane Patmore said many guide dogs were forced into early retirement due to the misuse of rockets and squibs.
And the smoke from fireworks also contains toxic metals, the chemicals that give fireworks their vivid colours. Times, Sunday Times
The ‘show’ was more illuminating than the most extravagant fireworks display; a pageant of craftsmanship and beauty.
i thought we could wait for the fireworks and i thought we could wait for the snow to wash over gorgia and kill the hurt LOOKBOOK.nu: collective fashion consciousness.
They held a spectacular firework display to mark the new millennium.
Potassium perchlorate is the oxidizing agent used to set off fireworks.
November 5 may still be more than three weeks away but already the nuisance, fear and downright danger caused by the firework season is in full swing.
The problems with people misusing fireworks are hitting the local headlines on an almost daily basis.
The thing about shooting fireworks is that I can only tell if a display is worth shooting after it's too late. A Little Rock'n'Roll with our Elevenses
Therefore it would be illegal to sell fireworks to anyone other than the organisers of an official event.
In the new post-Anderton age, the fireworks were quite puny and the brave pipers on the roof had their skirls lost in the wind.
But they made it a night to remember, with fireworks, a sound system belting out Auld Lang Syne, and revellers linking arms with police and dancing in the street.
The demand for bigger and better fireworks along with louder and more spectacular ones has changed things dramatically.
Organisers are also hoping to put on a huge firework display and find a sponsor to fund it.
Unlike many properties, you can hold stag or hen parties here but no fireworks are allowed. Times, Sunday Times
The city of Cleveland celebrated its 200th birthday with fireworks and an outdoor concert.
Be very careful when lighting fireworks.
All he was trying to do was stop the firework from ruining our house.
Healthy with boundless energy and strong nerves - no shaking at fireworks for them. The Sun
They have eight different categories that you can win, like best fight, best firework, and best overall stunt by a stuntwoman or a stuntman.
There were no fireworks or opera singers as the players trudged off. Times, Sunday Times
The gala culminated in a firework display.
We all know that the bright fireworks of romantic love don't last. Times, Sunday Times
The fireworks looked very splendid against the dark sky.
Well, it is not what was played during the firework display, they had a live performance of the gaita in a different version from the second half of this link, but you can get an idea. Campaign closings in Venezuela: we are all Maracuchos
The bomb in the sport utility vehicle included propone propane tanks, gasoline and fireworks.
The evening ended with a dramatic display of fireworks.
Fireworks made with an aluminum mixture that contains barium will produce white sparks, whereas a firework made with strontium sends off red sparks.
But celebrations were happier in Australia, where Sydney's famous harbour was alight with colourful fireworks.
The event saw street performances and music, a lantern procession and a firework display.
Fireworks added to the attraction of the festival night.
All pet owners should be extremely cautious this weekend as children play with fireworks and bangers, he said.
I was attracted by the spectacular display of fireworks.
But Political Picnics with fireworks, and plenty of swiz ain't 'arf bad. Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]
We then went to what they called the Ranelagh Gardens, to see the fireworks, which were to be let off at ten o'clock. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
The son et lumière raged off Southsea Common, watched by hundreds of thousands of people long past dusk, before a stunning 15-minute cannonade of fireworks lit up the Solent.
Still in the end around 16,000 fans went home fed up after a damp squib of a derby that was supposed to be full of fireworks. The Sun
Mr Boxall said the Fireworks Regulations 2004 introduced a series of measures to tackle the nuisance caused by fireworks, including a ban on noisy ones and fireworks being set off in unsociable hours.
A gang of boys were setting off fireworks in the street.
The skies above London were ablaze with a spectacular firework display.
Many customers eagerly signed up because their pets had been made frantic with fear by the noise of fireworks.
The campaign will also include radio and magazine advertising and an interactive firework safety computer game.
Its quartet of characters couple up on the Fourth of July, hoping for fireworks.
The fireworks looked very splendid against the dark sky.
She had the requisite fireworks for Violetta the pleasure-seeker, but also beautifully pared down her tone for the Act II duet "Dite alla giovine" and the high-wire finish of "Addio del passato" in Act III. Archive 2008-03-01
I cannot comprehend what sort of moron could aim an industrial-strength firework at a block of flats full of old people.
More than 100 fireworks a minute were fired off, with bursts more than 1,000 ft above the town.
Melt the oxygen - potassium chlorate, drop in some candy, and a fantastic display of fireworks will follow.
After the illumination of St. Peter's he went to the Castle of St. Angelo where he witnessed what he describes as the grandest display of fireworks he had ever seen. Letters and Journals 01
Healthy with boundless energy and strong nerves - no shaking at fireworks for them. The Sun
Clouds of splatters and drips at once rise, float, and fall through the canvas's deep whiteness like colored smoke in the night sky after fireworks.
As night falls and temperatures drop below zero, the Bolivians start to party with fireworks and high jinks into the early hours.
There'll be a torchlit parade, fireball-twirling, a longship pulled through the streets by helmeted warriors and midnight fireworks. Times, Sunday Times

How To Use Firework In A Sentence

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):