Bonfires

Examples

• How white her lustre is, compared with the deep red of the bonfires! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• All Stilbro' Moor, alight and aglow with bonfires, would not have stopped them, nor would Calder or Aire thundering in flood. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were the bonfires of other parishes and hamlets that were engaged in the same sort of commemoration. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You stopped at the place where the road forks, looked round at the bonfires, and then said, 'Damn it, I'll go! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mrs. Yeobright glanced around at the dark sky, at the hills, at the perishing bonfires, and at the lighted window of the inn they had neared. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Surely 'tis somewhat childish of you to stay out playing at bonfires so long, and wasting such fuel. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She surveyed the dusk moors, where bonfires were kindling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I told him you were walking round upon the hill to look at the other bonfires. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You vanished out of sight, and then I looked round at the bonfires and came in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• What a dog he used to be for bonfires! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Edited by Angus