Jeers swelled as she hacked at the rudder blade, sending chips flying, trying to cut a crescent around the embedded hook.

He hammered the brittle pitch around her boots with the point of his sword, sending chips flying everywhere.

She raked at his back with her nails, sending chips of dried mud flying like a sculptor working with ten tiny chisels.

Eny and two more warriors chopped furiously at her head for a moment, sending blood and chips of skull flying.

Bullets buzzed harmlessly past the masked man and the Indian to smash into the rocky walls and send chips flying.

His blade whistled through air and struck the wall to his left, sending chips of plaster flying.

With smooth strokes, he grated stone against wood, sending fine chips and dust flying.

Each blow sent chips and splinters flying like shrapnel.

Sharina had sometimes watched as the hermit chopped wood with the knife, using an effortless mechanical stroke that sent chips flying onto the far bank of the creek.

Bullets smashed into the deck sending chips of wood flying.