tongue of flame
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A taxi driver turbaned in a tongue of flame says, Sister, I can take you into the city.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017
In a moment, a fierce tongue of flame leaped up from the car; a pillar of smoke rose above the flame and ascended into the heavens.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2012
Suddenly, the thin trail of purple smoke that billows behind the tires of swift-landing jets turned to a dense cloud pierced by a long tongue of flame.
From Time Magazine Archive
If there was a tongue of flame in his heart, so much as a flicker of anything like bloodlust or fanaticism, no one noticed it then.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the Goblet of Fire turned red once more; sparks showered out of it; the tongue of flame shot high into the air, and from its tip Dumbledore pulled the third piece of parchment.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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