1 She feared she might faint at an explosion and not be able to reach the cellar.
2 As she stood hanging to the sill, a deafening explosion burst on her ears, louder than any cannon she had ever heard.
3 The world became an inferno of noise and flame and trembling earth as one explosion followed another in earsplitting succession.
4 As Rhett jerked the horse's head and turned him into another street, another deafening explosion tore the air and a monstrous skyrocket of flame and smoke shot up in the west.
5 The back kick of the pistol made her reel, as the roar of the explosion filled her ears and the acrid smoke stung her nostrils.
6 The news of their engagement came like an explosion, unexpected and shattering, rocking the town, and even the mildest- mannered women spoke their minds heatedly.
7 He could be an ardent, almost a tender, lover for a brief while, and almost immediately a mocking devil who ripped the lid from her gunpowder temper, fired it and enjoyed the explosion.
8 The situation between them was one which could have been cleared up only by a sudden explosion of feeling; and their whole training and habit of mind were against the chances of such an explosion.
9 Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
10 It came as if self-impelled, driving all before it, a perpetual explosion.
11 And then suddenly, as in an explosion, the horrible truth burst over him, and he reeled and staggered back with a scream.
12 Among the savages a frightful stillness succeeded the explosion, which had just been heard bursting from the bowels of the rock.
13 The order was instantly obeyed, and the fog was stirred by the explosion of fifty muskets.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14 14 Once one lit before him and the livid lightning of the explosion effectually barred the way in his chosen direction.
15 The battle roar settled to a rolling thunder, which was a single, long explosion.