war of the elements
Example Sentences
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But, in spite of the war of the elements outside, all was brightness and bliss within.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin
But the double crash that burst from the hillside now—those red jets of flame—meant no war of the elements.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
They carried her out from the desolate homestead, and laid her cold remains beneath the grassy sod, where neither the war of the elements, nor of human passions could ever disturb her more.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
The war of the elements harmonized strangely with the weird fancies of the weak man who sat at Jim's side.
From Sevenoaks by J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland
A quarrel and a tumult threatened; for fierce as the war of the elements was the tempest raging in the breasts of men who had been closest friends.
From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
