In the depths of the hollow be-hind him, the cabin of Marie-Elaine sent small wisps of smoke from its chimney.

Men were milling around the police caravan, cups of tea sending wisps of steam to join the wraiths of mist creeping down the dale.

Within minutes the hardening plaster sent wisps of steam into the 45-degree air.

There were small cookfires sending thin wisps of smoke into the air.

So too has the nearby smelter that in better times sent wisps of smoke from giant chimneys visible for miles along the San Pedro River valley.

She had cooked the two fish he had caught over the fire, which sent tiny wisps of blue-grey smoke into the still air.

The wind of the enormous wings whipped up a gale that sent wisps of morning fog swirling and lashed the tree branches.

Iza put Uba down in the shelter, then returned to sit beside Ayla and Creb near the small fire that sent wisps of smoke to the star-splattered sky.

A sensation of cold assaulted her at once, though the bubbling spring sent wisps of mineralscented steam into the stagnant air.

Hardy let out a stream of profanity that wilted the adjacent vegetation and sent wisps of smoke curling up from the post he perched on.