Opposing the war felt much different, sparked a higher flame of hope, when each realized that the man facing him felt the same.

The flames flared and sparked, casting short-lived stars out among the snowflakes.

I summoned fire, letting flames spark from my hands.

And thus the old flame sparked again, uncertainly at first, as it had not there been at all in their first lovemaking.

The young Tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire last December could never have imagined what the flames would spark.

Fresh flames sparked green and a violent blue where the earth burned before wood.

"Then we turned, we saw the flames, the burning embers, sparks flying all over."

A flame of anger sparked, like a match struck in the dark.

A flame sparked, spread, and rose up.

The orange-red flame sputtered and sparked, then flared into brilliance.