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Meanings of vanished in smoke in English

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Usage of vanished in smoke in English
1
Thus all my dreams of a free school vanished in smoke.
A Dominie in Doubt
2
Empedocles began gradually to disappear, and at last vanished in smoke.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
3
They shrivelled, crackled, grew limp and discolored, and vanished in smoke.
The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Volume 1
4
The whole Vendéan army was either left upon the battlefield or vanished in smoke.
The Companions of Jehu
5
What a many things were burned in the big fireplace and vanished in smoke or tinder up the chimney!
Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories
6
As age turns the page in the book of the past he reads one hope after another vanished in smoke.
Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
7
Within a year after, the ruin so much talked of vanished in smoke, and there was an end of the business.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
8
Thus all this labor and exertion and expense vanished in smoke while, in the set diction of war, he retired some fifteen miles.
The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 / The C...
9
The crook was sitting by the window smoking a cigar and reading St. Nicholas, while all evidence of his crime had vanished in smoke.
Courts and Criminals
10
'All our golden promises,' wrote a Long Island Loyalist, 'are vanished in smoke.
The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration
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