I hoped that he had not suffered, that that flash of violence had marked an instantaneous ending for him.

The needle-thin bell tower of the church pierced the gray sky, and a flash of silver marked the serpentine course of the beck.

That flash, and the roaring peals that followed, marked the passing of the storm.

A single bright flash marked the approach strobes shutting down with a final pulse of energy.

An instant later a bright flash on the screen marked the second explosion.

Our gunner was dead, probably that first flash marked his end.

A flash of sorcerous energy and a brief shriek marked the passage of an Algarvian soldier.

The storm had missed us to the south but intermittent flashes of lightning and the distant lights of advancing isles still marked the horizon.

A silent flash marked the impact of an incoming round against the Bolo's thick hide.

Because the stadium had no lights cars were brought in and a photographer's flash marked the box but he hit the bar.