Sentence examples for massive pillar from inspiring English sources

But a federal investigation concluded that the mine was "primed for a massive pillar collapse" after management mined beyond safety limits to scrape extra coal profits from the floor and supports.

It has more in common with the massive pillar collapses described by Mark et al. (1997) and Zipf (1992) than with a typical coal burst.3.

One of my enduring images from that day was of a woman sitting on a smashed suitcase in the field by the runway, absorbed in searching for something in her purse, seemingly oblivious to the massive pillar of smoke a hundred yards away, where 59 people had just lost their lives.

I rush downstairs into a kitchen billowing disgusting, black smoke, and see a massive pillar of flame exploding upwards out of the tiny pot, which by now has been boiling dry for probably a few minutes.

The cast lurks occasionally behind massive pillars in front of a rocky lakeside.

Surfaces were left largely unfinished, and, for the first time, the massive pillars took on a sculptural value.

From Tintagel to Kirkwall Cathedral on Orkney, the round Norman arch, supported by massive pillars, swept the country.

In downtown Macon, a weathered collection of picturesque buildings surrounded by farmland, a yellow ribbon hung in front of Jim's Gym and bows were wrapped around the massive pillars of the Noxubee County Courthouse.

William Dudley's design is based on the presence of seven massive pillars, possibly indicating Arab wisdom, Paul Pyant's lighting evokes the heat and aridity of the desert and faded, sepia-tinted newsreel is used to remind us of Lawrence's public fame.

Inside, the air conditioning whirs like a jet high above, jungle vines twist around massive pillars standing sentry over a wide Incan staircase.

The eruption sent massive pillars of smoke and ashes into the air.