tongue of flame
Example Sentences
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A taxi driver turbaned in a tongue of flame says, Sister, I can take you into the city.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2017
In a moment, a fierce tongue of flame leaped up from the car; a pillar of smoke rose above the flame and ascended into the heavens.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2012
By 4:30 a tongue of flame was licking upward from the direction of Inchon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly, the thin trail of purple smoke that billows behind the tires of swift-landing jets turned to a dense cloud pierced by a long tongue of flame.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the night, each orange tongue of flame flickered from a wick at the top.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
