curtain of fire
Example Sentences
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You go from, like, a curtain of fire, to only one vent, and then you start building a crater that becomes bigger and bigger.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2023
From deep fortifications further inland artillery could lay down a curtain of fire offshore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Caught in the curtain of fire that rose from the growing oil slick, the aft section, containing about 100,000 tons of crude, quickly sank.
From Time Magazine Archive
Far ahead they could see the curtain of fire and behind it the advancing line of French troops.
From Fighting in France by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)
Ran is the word, for they were going as fast as they could to get beyond their own curtain of fire, which experience told them would soon be due.
From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick
