She threw it down the path, the tip splintering into sparks.
Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
His eyes had red sparks in them, like the eyes of an animal at the edge of firelight.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS (2002)
All related terms of 'sparks'
spark
A spark is a tiny bright piece of burning material that flies up from something that is burning.
sparks fly
If sparks fly between people, they discuss something in an excited or angry way .
spark off
to bring into being or action; activate or initiate
spark plug
A spark plug is a device in the engine of a motor vehicle , which produces electric sparks to make the petrol burn .
bright spark
If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
strike sparks off each other
if people who are trying to achieve something together strike sparks off each other, they react to each other in a very exciting or creative way