Blazed

Examples

• There was hair upon the end, which blazed and shrunk into a light cinder, and, caught by the air, whirled up the chimney. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Facing her on the bank blazed the fire, which at once sent a ruddy glare into the room where she was, and overpowered the candles. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Next morning's papers explained that it was but some loose drapery on which a spark had fallen, and which had blazed up and been quenched in a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Play fair, Teddy, or I'll never believe you again, she said, trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up at a word of encouragement. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The murder of Drusus was the last drop in the popular cup; Italy blazed into a desperate insurrection. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Every cover was taken off, and the apartment blazed forth in yellow silk damask and a brilliantly-flowered carpet. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• By this time we had got into a current of carriages all tending in one direction, and soon the front of a great illuminated building blazed before us. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Thus Tarzan blazed the forest trails and marked his caches. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• On the whole, scientific men are inclined to believe that the sun has blazed with a general steadfastness throughout geological time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The fires, whose lurid, sullen light had been visible for miles, blazed fiercely up, in the great works and factories of the town. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Her diamonds blazed out like Vauxhall on the night we were there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The speaker was a woman, gazing down upon the group from an upper window, whose panes blazed in the ruddy glare from the west. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Another burst of attic sentiment blazed forth. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Against the ebony background of his skin they blazed out with a peculiarly accentuated effulgence. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• They both looked at it as it blazed, went out, and flew in feathery ash up the chimney. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Her eyes fairly blazed into mine. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The path through the trackless forest had been blazed, and now every one could find the way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The ashes of the original British pyre which blazed from that summit lay fresh and undisturbed in the barrow beneath their tread. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Just as she turned, a peal of thunder broke, and a flash of lightning blazed broad over salon and boudoir. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The turnkey fired the little pile, which blazed high and hot. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• His voice and hand quivered: his large nostrils dilated; his eye blazed: still I dared to speak. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Arrows rattled on the shields of his men, the watch-fires blazed on the high mountain tops, and the air was hot with the flame of battle. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The fire crackled and blazed pleasantly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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