red flash

noun

1. a red coloration of the lower portion of the sun, occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks to the horizon.

Example Sentences

They huddled together for half an hour, seeing nothing more than red flashes which would periodically engulf them.

From Time

“Then I saw a red flash of a laser cross my eyes,” she told the military tribunal.

From The Daily Beast

No moon, no stars; only a red flash on the ground where the light streamed from a loophole in the great hall.

From Project Gutenberg

It burst with a bright red flash, and next second the whole of the roadway and neighbouring houses were blazing furiously.

From Project Gutenberg

Next second there was a red flash, a loud report, and twenty-five of the enemy were blown to atoms.

From Project Gutenberg

One of them had risen to a kneeling position, and I saw the red flash of his piece and saw the smoke blot out the tree-trunk.

From Project Gutenberg

Red flash the shells through the white haze of light in which we move.

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