Examples
“The weather was too warm to admit of the windows being closed, and the ladies, assisted by the gentlemen, were constantly employed in putting out the sparks which settled on their clothes -- the first time I ever heard ladies complain of having too many _sparks_ about them.”
“She was staring out the window at the sun, her eyes becoming pinpricks, drops of black in sparks of green.”
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“I can still see the sparks from the gun," Alonzo says.”
The Huffington Post: Tragedy and Forgiveness in the Christian South
“A wind, strong and warm, a balmy gale, drove past them, flinging a rocket-shower of sparks from the fire.”
“When the sparks from the fire steel hit the cottomball it bursts into flame and burns long enough to get the kindling going.”
“USA TODAY: 'Likely' Karzai win sparks calls for unrest”
“Dig a pit 8 inches deep and 1 foot across to contain sparks and protect the fire from wind.”
“Linesmen: SummaryBack to topOvechkin sparks Capitals to 4-2 win over Red Wings”
“The prior allocation might instead already give the farmer the right to be completely free from sparks, in which case the railroad can either buy the right to emit sparks from the farmer or install spark-suppressors.”
“Nevertheless, when experiencing strong emotions the right brain sparks more rapidly.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sparks’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
taramea, tawings, tchicks, timider, tirades, tirings, towings, trailed, trailer, trained, trainee, trainer and 2373 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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White Stuff
White things
Feel free too addtalc, refrigerator, snow, flour, sugar, paper, bedlinen, pillows, white, chalk, envelope, vanilla and 26 more...
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Major Team Spirit
Teams of the Major Leagues in the United States.
celtics, nets, knicks, raptors, bulls, 76ers, cavaliers, pistons, pacers, bucks, hawks, bobcats and 126 more...
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USMC
Semper Fi!
motard, leathernecks, poolee, hashmark, semper fidelis, scuttlebutt, skivvies, civvies, cover, ladderwell, jarhead, devil dog and 19 more...
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Tunie: Night Train to Lorca
By the Pogues, on the LP "Peace and Love." I don't know if it's the stark simplicity of the individual words or the evocative images conjured by their juxtaposition, but I simply love these lyrics....
crow, rooster, dawn, cranks, whirling, pistons, gleaming, glow, orange, eye, flames, danced and 48 more...
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Stuffie: Shoots and Ladders
Stuffie #9. Stuff you shoot.
gun, bad guy, movie, breeze, curl, heroin, up, craps, skeet, target, arrow, game and 31 more...
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monosyllabic
orb, nip, growl, stars, sky, teeth, smoke, crest, soil, sparks, pelt, breath and 1 more...
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duane9's list
News headline verbs
stymie, sparks, surges, aims, disallow, invades, nix, take on
Tweets
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duane9 Supreme Court Decision Sparks Outrage Among Environmentalists
--ABC News
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5248161 Jun 26, 2008