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He did not so much beat Jeffries that furnace-hot afternoon as pummel him into a bleached heap in the desert sun.

Jack Johnson was a pioneer who gave hope to black boxers everywhere 2010

The air was furnace-hot, so dry your tongue grew a thin crust when you breathed through your mouth, the slightest perspiration instantly evaporated by the oppressive heat.

Requiem For A Ring 2006

It was furnace-hot down there on the sand, and while that might be perfect for the dragons, the humans would bake like flatbreads in a hot oven.

Aerie Lackey, Mercedes 2006

It might be furnace-hot in the canyons, but in the back of Kiron's second room, it was cool and comfortable.

Aerie Lackey, Mercedes 2006

Maybe he felt dizzy and sick like I did, breathing furnace-hot air that made your head throb and didn't seem to have any goodness in it.

Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

Over all, the sun, colourless and furnace-hot, burned in a sky of steel.

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

As we struck further north under vast nights of stars, and days of furnace-hot sunshine, the heat, confinement, and dry, baled food told hideously on the animals ... the sheep seemed to endure better, partly because they were not halted stationary in one spot and could move about a little on the top deck ....

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

As we struck further north under vast nights of stars, and days of furnace-hot sunshine, the heat, confinement, and dry, baled food told hideously on the animals ... the sheep seemed to endure better, partly because they were not halted stationary in one spot and could move about

Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

"It is an evil time," said the Black Panther, one furnace-hot evening,

The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

The wind was howling furnace-hot and the blowing sand stung my face as we walked to our trucks from the barracks.

Nevada Appeal - Top Stories 2009