Literary notes about blazing (AI summary)
The word “blazing” in literature operates on multiple levels, conveying both tangible and metaphorical fire. It is used to render the intensity of the natural world, as seen when a relentless sun fills the sky with oppressive heat ([1], [2], [3], [4]), and to evoke dramatic, often overwhelming emotion—whether it is the fiery passion in a character’s eyes ([5], [6], [7]) or the sanctity and divine fervor attributed to mythic figures ([8], [9], [10]). In narrative landscapes ranging from epic battles and ancient rituals ([11], [12], [13]) to more intimate human emotions and everyday experiences ([14], [15], [16]), “blazing” transforms ordinary scenes into vivid, dynamic portrayals of light, heat, and spirit.
- The sun was blazing, as it had been the day before; the air was stagnant and depressing.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - “Stood our old Sammy off to the northward, to get out of the blazing hot weather there on the Line.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville - For part of the day he went into the courtyard, seated himself on a stone with his head bare and exposed to the blazing sun.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Daytimes we paddled all over the island in the canoe, It was mighty cool and shady in the deep woods, even if the sun was blazing outside.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Laura’s eyes were blazing fire and hatred; he had never seen her look so before; and her face, was livid.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner - She had flushed up all over and her eyes were blazing.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Suddenly he jumped to his feet, with his eyes blazing and all the signs of intense cerebral excitement.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker - [513] the one blazing with the holy love of God, the other reeking with the unclean lust of self-advancement.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - This was Chyavana who was like the blazing sun, of virtuous soul, and of great fame.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - And round its blazing glory went The friends with slow steps reverent.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - ” Vaisampayana continued, “Thereupon, O king, taking the blazing dart, Karna began to peel off his natural mail.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - He thus drove them from the ship and quenched the fire that was then blazing—leaving the half-burnt ship to lie where it was.
— from The Iliad by Homer - He ceased; wide conflagration blazing round; The bubbling waters yield a hissing sound.
— from The Iliad by Homer - Holmes tossed it in among the blazing papers.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - He paused with the liqueur at the level of his chin, and his eyes blazing into mine.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - The drawing-room windows were blazing with light.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
