Sentence examples similar to a roar of fire from inspiring English sources

When the attack came, a roar of rifle and machine gun fire thicker and closer than any ambush yet, from only a hundred or so yards away, the entire gaggle of troops froze for a moment in utter dread that was swiftly overtaken by panic.

When the attack came, a roar of rifle and machine gun fire thicker and closer than any ambush yet, from only a hundred or so metres away, the entire gaggle of troops froze for a moment in utter dread that was swiftly overtaken by panic.

Throw-rugs and space heaters inside the theater are bathed in ominous orange light, while the thud of heartbeats and the low roar of fire reverberate through the surround sound.

At concerts Ms. Garbus builds her musical backdrops slowly, looping one constituent part at a time, until she's created a roaring fire of sound over which she sings.

The abbreviation conjured visions of a roaring wood fire on a chill winter's night.

You can even stop to defrost in front of a roaring pub fire.

That can happen this time of year, when the scent of a roaring fire and the sound of leaves crunching underfoot prompts a Pavlovian desire for all manifestations of the apple.

The current long period of relative peace also seems to be coming to an end under the roar of mortar fire in Donetsk, Gaza and Kobani.

"We've just had a bit of sleet here," Ron Hill says, sitting in front of a roaring fire in the living room of his home on the outskirts of Hyde in Cheshire.

It's the crappy weather, too, the atavistic lure of a roaring fire and the warmth of the pub on dark winter afternoons.

Pre-dinner drinks are served in front of a roaring fire to a soundtrack of music from the 1930s, and after dinner, guests are encouraged to dance in the hotel's party room.