powder train
Example Sentences
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Quick as the flash of a powder train, the uproar spread to South America.
From Time Magazine Archive
"With the rapidity of a burning powder train," Davis asserts, "information flows out of the woodwork, past the manager's door and the janitor's mop closet, through steel walls or construction-glass partitions."
From Time Magazine Archive
As he sent home the dagger his foot struck the lantern, overturning it, and sent the iron case with its burning contents rolling across the floor toward the powder train.
From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Bentley, Charles S.
The powder train was at rest outside of the village and the men were scattered here, there, and everywhere.
From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward
Holding the long gunner's match lighted in his hand, he waited for the exact second when the schooner's bow was lifted on a wave and swinging in the right direction, then touched the powder train.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
