flame and smoke

Example Sentences

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In a blaze of flame and smoke, SpaceX launched the largest rocket ever built and sent the Starship craft into space—but then the vehicle was destroyed.

From National Geographic • Nov. 18, 2023

As Rixon drove off into the darkness, Neil walked into a world consumed by flame and smoke.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2020

Big guns of our warships are standing offshore and belching flame and smoke.

From Fox News • Jun. 3, 2019

Now the storms of flame and smoke are year-round, and all of the nation’s most populous state is a fire zone.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2018

Up there the wall was a terrible thing, flame and smoke.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara