Sentence examples for lit fuse from inspiring English sources

Carol insisted on being early, waiting and checking her watch, her punctuality a lit fuse.

The sparkle of a lit fuse is, by its nature, humble.

The illustration shows the Islamic prophet wearing a turban-shaped bomb on his head, complete with a lit fuse.

Ever since a recent cover of The Economist featured a bundle of French bread, topped with a lit fuse, there has been talk of a "baguette bomb".

Other workers described Mr. Williams as someone with a lit fuse, but whose anger was not necessarily -- or only -- directed at blacks.

Busily populated as it is, it is easy to almost miss the small rabbit in the midst of all the commotion staring at a little black bomb with a lit fuse at her feet.

If the ceteris paribus clause of the speaker keeps constant the fact that the fuse leads to a barrel of gunpowder, and the fact that lit fuses leading to barrels of gunpowder typically result in explosions, then the counterfactual would, in that context, be true.

Suddenly, as the lit-fuse guitar line meets the thumping drumbeats, anything seems possible.

I always prized his raw, lit-fuse quality.

The great house price bubble helped cause the crash: US sub-prime loans to the poorest lit the fuse.

The device, consisting of diesel fuel in a glass bottle with a lit rag fuse, did not cause any injuries, but a Planned Parenthood official said it did cause "serious damage" to the facility.