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[ spahrks ] / spɑrks /
nounJar·ed [jair-id], /ˈdʒɛər ɪd/, 1789–1866, U.S. historian and editor. a city in W Nevada, E of Reno. Words nearby Sparkssparkly, spark off, sparkover, spark photography, sparkplug, Sparks, spark spectrum, spark transmitter, sparky, sparling, sparoid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SparksPleasure shoots magically in every direction like an explosion of sparks. ‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST His hunger strike in December 2011 received nation-wide recognition and was one of the sparks that ignited the protest movement. Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It sparks a comedic crisis of cultural conscience, which will presumably play out across the series. ‘black-ish’ Is the New ‘Modern Family’|Kevin Fallon|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST But to persist, to endure, to put your will toward a dream that sparks you, is to live large. From Havana to Hero: Diana Nyad’s 35-Year Quest|Diana Nyad|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He loses consciousness on the street, falling to the ground “through a wilderness of spots and sparks.” Tim Winton's Beautiful, Baffling 'Eyrie'|Wendy Smith|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The sparks made by striking fell on the tinder and caught it on fire here and there. The Story Of My Life From Childhood To Manhood|Georg Ebers We had almost reached the end of the street when a door opened suddenly and a shower of sparks flew out ahead of us. The Andes of Southern Peru|Isaiah Bowman The huge hearth receives the mighty log, and the flames and sparks shoot up the gaping chimney. Old English Sports|Peter Hampson Ditchfield The sparks that came from the engine would set fire to the houses near which they passed. The Boyhood of Great Inventors|A. Fraser Robertson If any one smoothed her fur the wrong way, in the dark, sparks would fly, and a snap like a fire-cracker would follow.
British Dictionary definitions for Sparks
noun (functioning as singular) informalan electrician a radio officer, esp on a ship Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |