Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.
in a flame of zeal severe
where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow
The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
He flamed with indignation.
I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.