Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having eyes like a flame; with bright-shining eyes; angry-eyed.
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Examples
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With a choked cry the Englishman woke from his trance of horror, drew and fired at a darting flame-eyed shadow which fell at his feet with a shattered skull.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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Somehow she knew that no flame-eyed shadow would bend over her in the darkness, with this grim figure from the outlands standing guard above her.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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The ruins were full of flame-eyed shadows, with tearing fangs and sharp talons.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Somehow she knew that no flame-eyed shadow would bend over her in the darkness, with this grim figure from the outlands standing guard above her.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Even as he thought this, Conan drew nock to ear, and at the twang of the string a flame-eyed shadow bounded high and fell writhing.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Even as he thought this, Conan drew nock to ear, and at the twang of the string a flame-eyed shadow bounded high and fell writhing.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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The ruins were full of flame-eyed shadows, with tearing fangs and sharp talons.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Somehow she knew that no flame-eyed shadow would bend over her in the darkness, with this grim figure from the outlands standing guard above her.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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The ruins were full of flame-eyed shadows, with tearing fangs and sharp talons. '
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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Even as he thought this, Conan drew nock to ear, and at the twang of the string a flame-eyed shadow bounded high and fell writhing.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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