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    1. The Al-Harron's drive was deliberately aimed off the true course so there would be no plume of radiation directed at their target


    2. Jake threw his head up and let out a long plume of fire and uttered a loud roar of ‘approval’


    3. But the burning log landed on the plume of it's tail


    4. The whole plume burst into flame with a whoosh and the fire ran up it's fur faster than it could spring out of there


    5. "It's plume is mostly wood and paper


    6. The big one raised and shook it's plume, clacking it's pincers as high as their faces


    7. "The only spectroscopy that fits this plume indicates that it is a hydrogen plasma at over fifty million degrees


    8. That claim had been made by some scientists at some of the smaller observatories that wouldn't have had the instruments to properly analyze that plume


    9. By then the string of asteroids with the plasma plume had swung close by Narrulla, then become much more spread out and had moved off almost to the orbit of Onchegeela


    10. This plume here has the signature of a meteor trail

    11. The weather scope had nowhere near the magnification that had allowed them to analyze the meteor plume, but the image was consistent with what he was about to say


    12. point, they could also see over to their left the plume of dust put up


    13. “No, but I read her book, it was done under the nom de plume of Consultant Bancour and she won’t admit to being the person that wrote it in public


    14. Raymond and Stanley saw a plume of smoke on the horizon


    15. Sebastian reached up and took the plant down, trying not to sneeze at the plume of dust that billowed off of the plastic leaves


    16. I took a drag of my fag blowing smoke out in a plume as I replied


    17. ” Eli looked me in the eye as he blew smoke out in a plume and replied


    18. I completed my meal which I really enjoyed poured another cup of tea and sitting back lit a fag I blew smoke in a plume into the air and watched as it hung in a blue cloud


    19. We ducked down as a large explosion and a plume of black smoke rose up into the air and a ‘Jack Johnson’ (trench mortar shell) landed on the part of the trench that they had just reached


    20. Immediately turning in the direction of the explosion, he could see a plume of white smoke drift into the wind

    21. Dacian, who had jumped into the circle from outside the plume, greeted


    22. Manda stepped out of the way of a white horse with a purple plume on its head, pulling a white carriage behind it with a couple inside


    23. plume of smoke rising from where the Daiichi plant was located


    24. what they first thought was a thunder clap but then saw the giant plume of smoke billow


    25. “The plume of radiation is headed for


    26. March 11, scientists detected the plume of toxic fallout had arrived over American


    27. caught in the direct path of the radioactive plume, exposing the crew to high levels of


    28. A plume of steam rose up from the place where the huge


    29. And by the way, the lava plume that fed the volcano moved off eons ago, and so the volcano is extinct, and will erupt nevermore


    30. Ryan lifted his gaze to the shore line, a plume of smoke rising into the now darkening sky

    31. It spouted a plume of black smoke that was torn off and absorbed in the wind and rain


    32. A plume of black smoke filled the air and then was blown by the


    33. One of the carts exploded, sending a great plume of smoke and hot splinters into all around


    34. My helmet, like all the helmets on Athena’s side, had a blue horsehair plume on top


    35. resulting ice-crystal plume lasted for several hours as


    36. Setne looked unconcerned as the glowing plume was placed in his


    37. Maybe you will run into Kaite, you lost track of the plume bouncing along like a Where is Waldo scene


    38. The track here was flat and even and Gomes threw up a plume of dust behind his truck


    39. Although the bush was in a fiery plume


    40. A thick, black plume of smoke engulfed half of the sky, and with every stride I took it swallowed even more of it

    41. Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!


    42. As she approached the main guard gate the ambulances and fire trucks could be heard racing across the airfield, heading for the plume of smoke billowing up from the northeast corner of the field


    43. He had a handsome head of silver hair which fell down over his forehead like the plume of a cockatoo, and his blue eyes, lively and close-set, revealed the gentleness of a man who had read all of the books


    44. The volcano was still spewing a huge plume of sulfur ash and gas and corrosive dust kept raining down constantly as the ship stopped to a hover above a river of sulfur lava


    45. plume of fire engulfed one end of the cave and several of


    46. I heard that jet fuel, 8600 gallons estimated still in the airplane, would have caused a fire many times larger (as shown in the comparison fire plume picture) that would continue to burn for days at 3000 degrees F type temperatures


    47. They heard the blast, saw the brilliant flash and the huge plume of smoke


    48. Wickland exhaled a plume of smoke into the air


    49. If it didn’t do that, then the long, searing hot plume of plasma from a fusion drive could burn away or even melt any craft or ship caught in its exhaust


    50. The main engines of the KOSTROMA then erupted, producing a staggering ten million tons of thrust and creating an exhaust plume of hot plasma tens of kilometers long










































    1. It fanned its brilliantly plumed tail in pleasure when she obliged


    2. buried by mounds of mole plumed and sieved earth


    3. It had the same claws, the same six legs and long plumed tail


    4. They weren’t bloody from battle but were young and fit with stylish kilts, polished figure-eight shields with artwork on them, plumed half-helmets of heavy tapestry and sheathed rapiers with ornate hilts at their belts


    5. the Tower is but a sorry cage in which to keep so grandly plumed a bird


    6. With his lavishly plumed helmet held under one arm, he asked the general directly, who was still sitting down in his chair, too flabbergasted to adhere to protocol and pay proper respect:


    7. Parker groaned as he twisted in his harness and survival gear to keep sight of the white chute that had plumed over the jungle canopy


    8. Her blow had landed towards the top of his helmet, which had deflected the weight of the blow into the large blue crest that plumed from its top


    9. These were painted and plumed, and mostly naked, brandishing spears and spotted shields


    10. With cool assurance he made his offer to the stately, plumed, suspicious grandees of the barbarically magnificent court

    11. True; there had been lack of time to don the heavy plumed casque, or to lace in place the side-plates of the cuirass, nor was there now time to snatch the great shield from the wall


    12. In the streets the fighting milled and eddied, plumed helmets and steel caps tossed among the tousled heads and then vanished; swords hacked madly in a heaving forest of pikes, and over all rose the roar of the mob, shouts of acclaim mingling with screams of blood-lust and howls of agony


    13. Sweating with uncertainty Servius approached and stared into the face of the mail-clad giant, and then, convinced of the reality of what he saw, he dropped to one knee and doffed his plumed cap


    14. And suddenly he heard a low scream from a woman on the other side of the street and somewhat ahead of him—a naked courtesan wearing the tall plumed head-dress of her class


    15. Axes rose and fell above the plumed helmets, spears thrust upward, bringing down horses and riders


    16. dog that is handsome, athletic, compact, richly plumed, active,


    17. A smile crossed his lips as he noticed how obviously Lady Jane’s chiffon gown in royal purple with plumed hat and Lord Ashburn’s tweed jacket with plum-coloured ascot contrasted with the simple black-and-grey attire of Preacher Cooper and Elizabeth, respectively


    18. It has been said that America is a continent without history, the stupidity of this comment is self evident when confronted by the archaeological sites of these mighty cities of such grace and beauty, and after listened to some of the colourful myths and legends I became enthralled, in particular after hearing the legend of a Toltec god named Quetzalcoatl (Plumed Serpent) he was described as a black bearded white man, who appeared a thousand years before the European invasion, he was a teacher, inventor, architect and painter, he eventually left Mexico saying he would return, when in March 1519 Hernan Cortez landed in Mexico with a mere 600 men he met no resistance because the Indians thought he was Quetzalcoatl returning, this mistake cost them and the world the loss of a complete civilization


    19. Kan is the snake, the plumed serpent which ties together the Heart


    20. Kan is the snake, the plumed serpent (symbolized by the rainbow) which ties together the Heart of Heaven and the Heart of the Earth

    21. His hot breath plumed in the air as he fought to regain his composure


    22. Checking out the models in the pictures she saw that they had plumed themselves to the point of looking almost silly


    23. The ensemble of the female pirate was topped off with a plumed hat and a face that wasn’t attractive in any sort of way


    24. "I know you've been through a lot tonight," she plumed through gritted teeth, as if reading Ingrid's very thoughts


    25. A sudden burst of sweet breath plumed from her nose, followed by long gasp


    26. A light, musical breath of air plumed from her chest, and the sound and the scent of it brought Scott dangerously close to letting go too soon


    27. "He's not home," one of them plumed


    28. "Why?" Ingrid plumed, hoping the other wouldn't notice the eager way her chest rose with some much needed air


    29. "Active?" she plumed, trying to see more of it now with this piece of interesting information in her pocket


    30. "You're my mom's friend," Ingrid plumed, her thoughts still busy trying to find some purchase in the whirlwind

    31. And it is said of this good lass that she never made promises of the kind without fulfilling them, even though she made them in a forest and without any witness present, for she plumed herself greatly on being a lady and held it no disgrace to be in such an


    32. After this the history goes on to say that the day fixed for the battle arrived, and that the duke, after having repeatedly instructed his lacquey Tosilos how to deal with Don Quixote so as to vanquish him without killing or wounding him, gave orders to have the heads removed from the lances, telling Don Quixote that Christian charity, on which he plumed himself, could not suffer the battle to be fought with so much risk and danger to life; and that he must be content with the offer of a battlefield on his territory (though that was against the decree of the holy Council, which prohibits all challenges of the sort) and not push such an arduous venture to its extreme limits


    33. doffs his plumed hat) Prosper! Give shade on languorous days, trees of Ireland!


    34. Smoke plumed from both of the house’s chimneys, and as he watched, the door opened, and Father Vyncyt Zhakyby—St


    35. came out of mourning, the dress she wore with the green plumed bonnet he had She remembered with longing the flounced green dress she had worn when she first brought her and she recalled the approving compliments he had paid her


    36. He looked at the fire of logs, with its one flame pirouetting on the top in a dying dance after the breakfast-cooking and boiling, and it seemed to jig to his inward tune; also at the two chimney crooks dangling down from the cotterel, or cross-bar, plumed with soot, which quivered to the same melody; also at the half-empty kettle


    37. Dimly Frodo saw the river below him rise, and down along its course there came a plumed cavalry of waves


    38. As the train roared through, hot air plumed ahead of the engine and set the soot particles whirling


    39. But she? She was naked to the weather, or almost; a mist of silk covered her breasts and plumed around her waist as she drifted away from the other pale statues


    40. Standing in the center of the way was a cask of wine with its head staved in, and a big, drunken man in crazy laces and a plumed hat strutted beside it

    41. ” The hat Steinbeck refers to is plumed


    42. Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial; seemed some plumed and glittering god uprising from the sea


    43. He used to frequent the taverns on purpose (though not only with the object of studying the people), and plumed himself on his shabby clothes, tarred boots, and crafty wink and a flourish of peasant phrases


    44. True, I might have plumed myself on my position as a man of the world, but Woloda excelled me even in that


    1. His staff was happy with the style and got into it, especially when they found there were good wages involved so there were now some creative artists turning out some really beautiful saddles using some of the exotic plumes that come from the tails of many species of local animals


    2. The largest and most beautiful plumes come from the most dangerous predators


    3. For seating he had provided plush plumes with ornately carved wooden arms, ergonomic for one percent gravity, invisible of course


    4. collapsed inwards sending plumes of dust and


    5. crashed constantly against them, sending up gigantic plumes of water


    6. Poseidon’s frenzied ocean slid and heaved; black plumes of water tried to crush us with


    7. Raven gasped as his eyes fell on the plumes of black smoke swirling from the chimney


    8. Hair sprays fumed in plumes and I was very grateful for Glenna’s suggestion earlier as I sneezed several times from the fumes creeping up my nostrils


    9. She jumped and ran among the tables, sending up plumes of blue-lined papers, heavy textbooks pinwheeling to the floor


    10. Large plumes on his hat

    11. Within moments the night lit up with plumes of fire nearby


    12. He looked at the distant coastline that was dotted with plumes of


    13. plumes of lava shot high into the sky, the shrouded scenery was lit up all around from the spew of its hot contents as it slowly


    14. The lands, deep to the west, shudder from the violent alien invasion, and countless cherry-red plumes erupt from every square inch of soil


    15. She pressed her back against the wall as debris from the burnt door tumbled inwards, big plumes of smoke and burning embers filled the room


    16. Ares and their allies had red plumes


    17. In the distance, Los Angeles was on fire, plumes of smoke rising from neighborhoods all over the city


    18. the spirits, bending the hil s and plumes of fire toward it


    19. littered with bones and plumes of volcanic gas shooting from fiery crevices


    20. Jane’s jeep donuts across the sand throwing plumes of dust up into the wind

    21. Plumes of twisted confusion rise about her wrinkled head whenever she exhales her brown rotten breath


    22. Cheap cigarette smoke and plumes of steam from rancid bacon and eggs frying in week-old grill oil waft out of the diner every time one of the undesirable patrons opens the door


    23. The treasure was there, heaped in staggering profusion—piles of diamonds, sapphires, rubies, turquoises, opals, emeralds; zikkurats of jade, jet and lapis lazuli; pyramids of gold wedges; toecallis of silver ingots; jewel-hilted swords in cloth-of-gold sheaths; golden helmets with colored horsehair crests, or black and scarlet plumes; silver scaled corselets; gem-crusted harness worn by warrior-kings three thousand years in their tombs; goblets carven of single jewels; skulls plated with gold, with moonstones for eyes; necklaces of human teeth set with jewels


    24. Clad in the platearmor, vizor lifted and dark face shadowed by the black plumes that nodded above his helmet, there was a grim impressiveness about him that even Thespides grudgingly noted


    25. The plumes on the warrior's headpiece nodded in the wind, and the gems on sword-hilts and harness sparkled frostily


    26. She was the first to spring ashore, closely followed by Conan, and after them trooped the ebon-skinned pirates, white plumes waving in the morning wind, spears ready, eyes rolling dubiously at the surrounding jungle


    27. The mountain under my feet swelled as if it were breathing and warmed sending plumes of sulfur scented gas into the air


    28. Zogar Sag stood still as a statue, his plumes trembling faintly about him


    29. 'Those were ostrich plumes Zogar Sag wore,' he said


    30. The watchers on the walls were stunned and deafened by the thunder as they gripped the battlements and watched the steel maelstrom swirl and eddy, where plumes tossed high among the flashing swords, and standards dipped and reeled

    31. And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wyvern crest


    32. Full-armed, Valannus dropped to his knee and bent his plumes before the figure that lay on the dais


    33. But face and head were hidden by a monstrous mask, a half-bestial, half-human countenance, from the crest of which floated a mass of ostrich plumes


    34. He remained motionless, a grim, somber figure in the hideous mask with the plumes floating over him


    35. On came the knights, with waving plumes and dipping lances


    36. Their plumes and pennons streaming out behind them, their lances lowered, they swept over the wavering lines of pikemen and roared down the slopes like a wave


    37. The Swordsman ships’ furious exhaust plumes made them easy to target as opposed to Wren’s ships who hung in space with their engines off


    38. The trolley cars rattled over the tracks as black plumes of smoke spit from their tailpipes, and the children ran and played about the streets, shouting and giggling


    39. The walls were paneled up to a white chair rail in a dark wood, not mahogany, to match the scarred floors that were partially covered by worn, hand-woven rugs from India, like cherry or walnut; the upper portions were papered to the wide crown moulding with a light yellow design of plumes that had the effect of giving vertigo if one looked at the pattern for any extended period of time and would to the casual observer seem quite unsuitable for a place of such intense work requiring concentration and stamina


    40. The four exhaust nozzles of the main fusion drive of the KOSTROMA suddenly roared to life in titanic blasts, projecting long, blinding plumes of hot plasma that expanded on hitting the ground

    41. that the single roomed bamboo hut could supply while the air bled thick plumes of


    42. In the distance, they could see a steep bluff, its crest punctuated by thin plumes of smoke


    43. Once the car's engine had settled into its rhythm and the plumes of smoke dissolved, Theo asked what time Charlie's train was


    44. This reaction caused plumes of wispy clouds that filled the bottom of the display case and spilled out over the table like a low cloud on an early morning


    45. Krane said that the Kierdan explosions simply looked like giant plumes of flame


    46. But perhaps even more astounding was the scattering of monstrous contraptions that lumbered over the churned soil, with plumes of black smoke roiling from their stacks; trundling track drives with rolling gouges that scooped loads of earth and stone and dumped them atop what would seem to be vibrating screens


    47. She proudly crosses the gangplank wearing her colorful feathered plumes that sway across her robust chest with each bounce of the plank


    48. As he grabbed her blouse and forced her to stop, plumes of hot, red dust swirled between and around them


    49. Associated like this the plumes of smoke took on a tremendous size and sailed across the endless prairie in which the tiny houses of the little town were crouching, huddled up together at the lake-side… Tom had a vision of this, as if he could fly


    50. He mixed various other ingredients into the propulsive powder so that when the rockets were launched skyward they would emit voluminous white smoke plumes





































    1. “So, what information do you have for me? Any more news about the cash that disappeared?” Hiss tapped on the table, dust pluming


    2. "See, the prince is pluming himself," said one of the thieves


    3. Sir Hainz Zhaztro nodded in satisfaction, stepped back out onto his flagship’s bridge wing, and looked aft, past the smoke pluming from Eraystor’s single funnel


    4. Rochester, to witness their repeated failure—herself unconscious that they did fail; vainly fancying that each shaft launched hit the mark, and infatuatedly pluming herself on success, when her pride and self-complacency repelled further and further what she wished to allure—to witness this, was to be at once under ceaseless excitation and ruthless restraint


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