bright coal
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Burning bright: Coal fired power stations are a major contributor to global warming So they have offered data companies exceptionally low-priced deals.
From BBC
A covered dish which stood on a brass trivet before the bright coal fire gave forth a savoury smell, and the lamplight which twinkled on sparkling silver and old Nantgarw, discovered more than the tea-equipage.
From Project Gutenberg
Acasto This might we do if warm'd by that bright coal Snatch'd from the altar of seraphic fire, Which touch'd Isaiah's lips, or if the spirit Of Jeremy and Amos, prophets old, Should fire the breast; but yet I call the muse And what we can will do.
From Project Gutenberg
The same result was also produced, he found, by the light of a bright coal from a wood fire, or the light of red-hot iron; but not at so great a distance.
From Project Gutenberg
His keen black eyes shone like bright coal in their wrinkled sockets.
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