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Meanings of red-hot coals in English

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Usage of red-hot coals in English
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She chased her sister wielding red-hot coals in the fire tongs.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
2
Bursting, exploding, on fire as boilers spun and red-hot coals spewed through them.
The Scar
3
Her remains tumble into the center, powdery ash flies, flecks of red-hot coals spark.
The Diamond Age
4
He came softly after them, with ghastly cheek, and bloodthirsty eyes, like red-hot coals.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 / A Magazine...
5
I felt as if red-hot coals had been packed up right here in my breast.
In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
6
They also made cakes, or patties, out of fish, and baked them on red-hot coals.
Discoverers and Explorers
7
He is like a hungry man who tries to satisfy his appetite by eating red-hot coals.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon
8
The breakfast was smoking on the red-hot coals, and outside the cabin all was dense gray fog.
The Young Forester
9
She was like a saint walking over red-hot coals without once singeing the hem of her robe.
Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania
10
He took a large manger, filled it with red-hot coals, and went out to feed his horses.
Roumanian Fairy Tales
11
Hornets and red-hot coals, you'd better say.
Under the Great Bear
12
With red-hot coals, during the long evening, she burned holes in it through which to put the straps.
Man-Size
13
His eyes burned like red-hot coals.
The Necromancer
14
Then Anne picked up the poker and stirred the red-hot coals so that not even a feathered trace remained.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
15
I said, "there are no red-hot coals."
The Harvest of Years
16
In the fireplace, the wood had burned itself down to red-hot coals that cast light the color of blood.
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