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 Current Search - exploded in Lord of the Flies
1  A tree exploded in the fire like a bomb.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
2  A fist withdrew and came back like a piston, so that the whole shelter exploded into light.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
3  The flames were mastering the branches, the bark was curling and falling away, the wood exploding.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
4  When the creepers shook the flies exploded from the guts with a vicious note and clamped back on again.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
5  There was a blink of bright light beyond the forest and the thunder exploded again so that a littlun started to whine.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
6  The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
7  The flame, nearly invisible at first in that bright sunlight, enveloped a small twig, grew, was enriched with color and reached up to a branch which exploded with a sharp crack.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
8  A steady current of heated air rose all day from the mountain and was thrust to ten thousand feet; revolving masses of gas piled up the static until the air was ready to explode.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death