Blazes

Examples

• A cheerful fire blazes on the hearth; a tea-table, covered with a snowy cloth, stands prepared for the evening meal. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• What the Blue Blazes is he? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• You ain't a-goin', Blazes? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Not by no means, Blazes,' replied Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You can go to blazes! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The wood which blazes on the hearth, the coal which glows in the furnace, and the oil which burns in the stove owe their existence to the sun. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Ask Martingale; he was in Spain, aide-de-camp to General Blazes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Why, what the blazes is in the wind now! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It couldn't exist without allonging and marshonging to something or other--victory or death, or blazes, or something. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The flame soon spreads from the wick to the overflowing oil and in consequence the lamp blazes and an explosion may result. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Oh, wery good,' said Sam; 'then I'll amend the obserwation and call 'em the dear creeturs, if Blazes vill allow me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And before a statue of one of those dead Medicis reposes a crown that blazes with diamonds and emeralds enough to buy a ship-of-the-line, almost. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Edited by Juanita