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  • Data's back was to a solidly shut door, he was walled off from turning right or left, and before him whitehot flames threw off such heat that Thelia turned from it with a whimper, shielding her face against his shoulder as the odor of her singed hair set off his warning sensors: fire, smoke-death to humans, and heat of such intensity that in seconds it would do irreparable damage to Data himself!

    The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students) 2010

  • He opened his eyes ... he felt as though a whitehot poker were being applied to his forehead ...

    Teri Robert: Does Harry Potter Have Migraines? 2007

  • He had seen that drive, that whitehot ambition, too many times before, in Lori's eyes.

    A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson 2000

  • He sucked a breath, bending and grabbing his whitehot hand.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • He sucked a breath, bending and grabbing his whitehot hand.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • He sucked a breath, bending and grabbing his whitehot hand.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • The tube throat was artfully shaped, fattening slightly as the whitehot metal finneled up.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • The dragon blasted out whitehot steam-but the net did not wilt or melt.

    Dragon on a Pedestal Anthony, Piers 1983

  • Perhaps it was then that I pronounced the curse, or perhaps it had been at the time that the whitehot irons had descended.

    Nine Princes In Amber Zelazny, Roger 1970

  • He still had in his mind the glamorous and alluring picture of the Space Platform finished and floating grandly in its orbit, with whitehot sunshine on it and a multitude of stars beyond, envied and admired by all the strangely shaped lesser satellites sweeping about their lowlevel paths in space.

    Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953

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