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

Now we just climb out of a trench and walk behind a curtain of fire.

From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

For a tank is an auxiliary, not an army, or an army staff, or a curtain of fire, and must coöperate with the infantry or it may be in the enemy's lines to stay.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick