Example Sentences

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They were thinking of the moment in the adamant tower when that sparklike idea had flashed between them.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Long changeful sunbeams undulate   Amid the stems where sparklike creatures are That hover and hum for gladness, then the last Tree rears her graceful head, the shade is passed.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

The light from it had beat upon his sealed lids, and the eyes and the optic nerves had pulsated to little, sparklike flashes, warm-coloured and strangely pleasing. 

From White Fang by London, Jack