Flames licked upward, devouring the magic, since they had no other fuel.

In a moment, flames began to lick upward, beginning to devour the chair and its plinth.

One wall collapsed entirely and now the flames licked upward, unmindful of the storm.

But from somewhere in the press a spear licked upward, disembowelling the steed.

From the small firelance-bolt flames lick upward and across the wooden planks.

The dog began to lick upward, trying to hit the woman's mouth.

The flames from the consortium camp licked upward into the air, and the black smoke bellowed as the expedition moved onward through the jungle.

Then, using a flint-box, he struck a spark and, at once, flames licked upward.

Flames began to lick upward, then the ammunition ignited.

Red and orange and white-gold, flames licking upward, bending a little in a thin draft, leaping higher as they found fresh fuel- Nothing happened.