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  • It was like a nightmare in which demoniac figures leaped and capered, looming suddenly in the fire-shot mist, vanishing as suddenly.

    People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • _Down crashed the crystal globe -- a fire-shot mist_

    People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • There was, indeed, another shadowy figure beginning to be visible through the fire-shot gloaming, a squat, square-headed figure, wearing a red waistcoat as the most conspicuous part of a rather shabby livery.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • There was, indeed, another shadowy figure beginning to be visible through the fire-shot gloaming, a squat, square-headed figure, wearing a red waistcoat as the most conspicuous part of a rather shabby livery.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • Behind the frenetic dance of lightning strikes, a sullen fire-shot glow was building in the ash cloud overhead.

    Firestorm L.A Graf 2000

  • Only a few fire-shot moments remained: his father, slumping into the tmal relaxation of death in his arms.

    Delta Search Shatner, William 1997

  • Out of the smoke and fire-shot blackness of the doorway surged Olivier, soiled and singed and sword in hand, sprang past le Gaucher to find elbow-room, and in passing struck him on the cheek with the flat of the blade, by way of notice of intent.

    The Virgin In The Ice Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1982

  • He turned back to Tony, real anguish in his fire-shot eyes.

    Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Margaret Rebecca Piper

  • _Kokoyah_, the sea god, was breathing deeply, and in the mists which rose like fire-shot smoke before the sun, singular forms took shape.

    The Eternal Maiden T. Everett Harr��

  • She passed through the amber, fire-shot twilight and sat down in the other armchair, and began to polish her nails on the palm of her hands.

    The Judge Rebecca West 1937

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