firework

“That is my business—to sit on you when you go off like a firework,” said Gilmore merrily.

Suffice it to say the whole thing went off sparkling like a firework.

But I can flame up into a consuming passion and burn like a firework.

Unfortunately, a firework of applause was all that he could obtain.

People looked on as at some firework display, and nothing came of it.

The tone of every voice tight and excited, like a firework about to go off.

"I don't intend there should be any more of these firework displays," he continued.

But the laughter nettled Geoff, and he was off like a firework in a winking.

She felt as though Lady Arabella had suddenly let off a firework in their midst.

The carpenters engaged on the firework stage were just then hammering at it violently.