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Examples
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His hands, large and bony, clutched a black-iron scepter.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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“I will, buttercup,” Layne promised, then turned and walked up the path to the black-iron gate.
Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010
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Layne followed a gaggle of pudgy sightseers clad in tourist regulation wear—shorts, sun visors, baseball caps, shades, and pungent sunscreen—through the black-iron gates of St. Louis Cemetery No.
Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010
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I held a World War I-era weapon, an ancient black-iron spear with a spring, and I was told to load balloons onto it without popping them, and then I was to fire the balloons at some unnamed target.
That Crazy-Ass Willy Wonka Boat Laura Preble 2010
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A melancholy air permeated the cemetery, sieving into the crypts, black-iron railings, and the living like a ghost into a Vessel.
Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010
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He and I gathered up the spent shucks and cradled them to the back corner of the yard, to the square black-iron pen where trash was burned.
Fifth of July 2009
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He and I gathered up the spent shucks and cradled them to the back corner of the yard, to the square black-iron pen where trash was burned.
Fifth of July Nat Akin 2009
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Looking back now, I can see that I spent my seventh-grade year in a state of depression, imprisoned behind the red-brick, black-iron walls of All Souls Preparatory.
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As if on cue, snow began falling outside the copper-trimmed windows of the restaurant, big silver flakes that hung in glittering cones from Madison Avenue's old-fashioned black-iron lampposts.
Step on a Crack Patterson, James, 1947- 2007
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Heat your largest black-iron skillet to medium high.
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