bright coal
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Messenger did as the little girl bade him, and then he lifted one small, bright coal from the fire, and put it in his lantern.
From Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
"Stop there," said Brownlee, creeping along by himself a little further, and sitting on his heels opposite a wall of bright coal.
From Charlie Scott or, There's Time Enough by Unknown
Mr. Sylvester sat in his library, musing before a bright coal fire, whose superabundant heat and blaze seemed to make the loneliness of the great empty room more apparent.
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine
His keen black eyes shone like bright coal in their wrinkled sockets.
From The Man with the Double Heart by Hine, Muriel
He leaned over the sill at a perilous angle, the bright coal of his pipe spilling comet-wise to the area-way below.
From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison
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