By the time the heavy curtains swept closed to permit a change of scenery on the stage, Whitney had to shake herself back into reality.

The black curtain swept over her, the blackness thick as tar, the silence absolute.

As he reached the first-floor landing the door blew open and a curtain of rain swept in.

A curtain of silence swept across the world.

As the curtains swept open and the twenty-three women on the stage were revealed, the auditorium thundered with the crowd's approval.

The curtain at the side of the hall had swept away.

A flaming curtain swept over the distant mountains, throbbing and mutating as if distorted by heat.

All she felt... The black curtain swept over her, the darkness as thick as tar, the silence absolute.

A curtain of snow swept across the floor before the door banged again, and the laughing voices were gone.

A red curtain of rage swept unexpectedly across Galahaut's consciousness, obscuring everything else.