tongue of flame
Example Sentences
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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
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
The guarded symbol of Hispanic-American culture has been the tongue of flame: Spanish.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next moment, a tongue of flame shot into the air, a charred piece of parchment fluttered out of it — the whole room gasped.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
