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Meanings of distant fires in English

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Usage of distant fires in English
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The light of distant fires flashed red on the long black pole.
The Lair of Bones
2
Shortly, distant fires could be seen in the mountains beyond Carris.
The Lair of Bones
3
He turned north toward the City and saw some smoke from distant fires.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
4
Yet those distant fires and rocketlike blasts into the sky had a wavery blur.
Key Out of Time
5
It rose swirling off a hundred distant fires, its sooty fingers smudging out the stars.
A clash of kings
6
Come to that, he halted for a moment to regard the distant fires of the men.
The Research Magnificent
7
By night distant fires could be seen.
A Dance with Dragons
8
Clegane's eyes turned toward the distant fires.
A clash of kings
9
Gold highlights gleamed from inlay and fastenings like distant fires in that wood, winking every time he moved.
A clash of kings
10
Dust-devils stood on the horizon like the smoke of distant fires but of living thing there was none.
Blood Meridian
11
Who fed those distant fires?
The Garden of Allah
12
Above the distant fires hovered a flock of birds, like a cluster of tiny black crosses upon a fiery field.
Taras Bulba, and Other Tales
13
Lounging at ease on a day-bed on the balcony, dreamily watching the distant fires, a woman of haunting beauty reclines.
Engineering Infinity
14
The beetles can detect very distant fires; one study suggests individuals of some species identify a fire from 130 kilometres away.
Radio NZ
15
In a twinkling she was outside the chapel, only a silhouette now against the distant fires burning in the tower windows.
Vittorio, the vampire
16
As the more distant fires were in the direction of Egido, and Señor Monteverde's hacienda, I felt very anxious about our family.
In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots
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