Sentence examples for dull fire from inspiring English sources

There's a spicy chicken in coconut number ($4.95) that pits straw mushrooms and galanga root against bits of chicken meat and the dull fire of chili, and a fine rendition of tom yum-goong, or shrimp and mushrooms in a hot-and-sour broth redolent of lemon grass and lime ($5.95).

China was lit glowing white, but over Japan and Java and the islands of Eastern Asia the great star was a ball of dull red fire because of the steam and smoke and ashes the volcanoes were spouting forth to salute its coming.

The silver will look white and a little dull after firing.

Over the years, the 5-foot-4 ½ Zheng became used to being consoled in this way, but she never let it dull her competitive fire.

The main Dublin parties, Labour and Fine Gael, have been left gasping as what had been a dull campaign caught fire.What might be the impact of this gambit on the north's mostly successful peace settlement?

Given the lineup that started the match, the fact that this was one of the dullest of the Fire's 12 draws this year wasn't surprising in the slightest.

The stragglers sit hunched around barrel fires, dull eyes peering out from soot-stained faces, rolled-up sleeves baring the tattooed insignia of ex-cons and forgotten military veterans.

The Republican revolutionaries look broken and tired, Clintonism has had a long run, and the dull centrist consensus lacks fire.

Within a short time of opening fire, a "dull, heavy report" shook the bay as a gun emplacement or powder magazine detonated inside the fort.

The most quietly horrifying moments play out indoors, to the sound of the thin wail of the wind in the chimney, or the dull crackle of the fire.

As she makes a cup of tea, the dull thud of incoming fire can be heard in the distance.