curtain of fire
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
So fierce was the German curtain of fire that no food could reach the trenches for twenty-four hours, and then only bread and cheese.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by James Edward Parrott
The barrage was really a "curtain of fire" moving ahead of the attacking troops to protect them.
From The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
