powder train
Example Sentences
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"With the rapidity of a burning powder train," Davis asserts, "information flows out of the woodwork, past the manager's door and the janitor's mop closet, through steel walls or construction-glass partitions."
From Time Magazine Archive
Quick as the flash of a powder train, the uproar spread to South America.
From Time Magazine Archive
“What is this powder train of yours, anyway?” asked the soldier, in a wheedling voice which was meant to be plausible and friendly.
From Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War by Robins, Edward
War with England was declared on Friday, the 19th of June, 1812, and next day an editorial appeared in The Federal Republican, which was like a match set to a powder train.
From A Portrait of Old George Town by Peter, Grace Dunlop
He was perturbed, and Millie had set the match to the powder train of his emotions and energies.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell
