Synonyms for firework


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahyuh r-wurk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌwɜrk


Définition of firework

  • noun pyrotechnic display at celebrations
Example sentences :
  • “That is my business—to sit on you when you go off like a firework,” said Gilmore merrily.
  • Extract from : « The Weathercock » by George Manville Fenn
  • Suffice it to say the whole thing went off sparkling like a firework.
  • Extract from : « Mystic London: » by Charles Maurice Davies
  • But I can flame up into a consuming passion and burn like a firework.
  • Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin
  • Unfortunately, a firework of applause was all that he could obtain.
  • Extract from : « Talleyrand » by Joseph McCabe
  • People looked on as at some firework display, and nothing came of it.
  • Extract from : « Cornish Characters » by S. Baring-Gould
  • The tone of every voice tight and excited, like a firework about to go off.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • "I don't intend there should be any more of these firework displays," he continued.
  • Extract from : « Gunpowder Treason and Plot » by Harold Avery
  • But the laughter nettled Geoff, and he was off like a firework in a winking.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Night » by Thomas W. Hanshew
  • She felt as though Lady Arabella had suddenly let off a firework in their midst.
  • Extract from : « The Lamp of Fate » by Margaret Pedler
  • The carpenters engaged on the firework stage were just then hammering at it violently.
  • Extract from : « After Dark » by Wilkie Collins

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