He could have moved it now for nothing short of a gimlet or a red-hot wire.

The pain was like a red-hot wire; my hips moved, thrusting involuntarily.

Two more lashing blows, which felt as if they were delivered with red-hot wire, fell on the backs of his legs, first right, then left.

Pain crossed The Shadow's throat like the touch of a red-hot wire.

It was as though a red-hot wire had been jabbed into him.

Then at the five-hour mark he bored a hole through the candle with a red-hot wire.

I suddenly felt as if a red-hot wire had been stuck through my jaws.

I omit the details, but an electric battery and a red-hot wire came into play.

She tried to pray through the fever, feeling her head trapped in a web of red-hot wires, but there was no sign of them.

A wicked stab just there, and if I move, it runs straight down the back o' my leg, like a red-hot wire.