ball of fire
Example Sentences
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Prof Ramesh says when we look at the Sun from the Earth, we see an orange ball of fire which is the photosphere - the Sun's surface or the brightest part of the star.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024
“It was a ball of fire, 30 or 40 feet high, never seen anything like it,” Guenther said.
From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023
Whenever I see you with the other women in the film doing publicity — Maggie, Olivia, Dakota Johnson — it seems like you all get on like a ball of fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2022
I don’t want to be a ball of fire going down a 6 percent grade in West Virginia on the 81.
From Slate • Jan. 4, 2022
Below, and far to the right, closer to the boathouse, three boys stood on the rocks at the foot of the bluff, one of them holding what looked like a ball of fire.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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