burning glass
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of burning glass
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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He and I know to move around them by sheer memory; the burning glass promises to singe the skin if touched.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2018
The combination acts as a gigantic burning glass which can melt 130 Ibs. of iron in an hour.
From Time Magazine Archive
Secondly, was his 'into battle' period, when his superb rhetoric and unflinching courage focused like a burning glass the latent will to win of heroic, freedom-loving men the world over, when all seemed lost.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly the public gaze converged on them like sunlight through a burning glass, and their names blazed into lights.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was hot like the sun under a burning glass, and the river smelled and the dead fish.
From Mitch Miller by John Sloan
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