Suddenly the curtains parted, gripped by restraining hands just below the breach, so that it could not spread downward, and her head, no more, peered through.

And it is spreading downward.

As the temperature rose, a thin cloud began to spread downward from the surface until the entire retort became a miniature storm of roiling liquid.

Then, slowly, slowly, the shell and its contents spread downward.

A shiver was spreading downward from the base of his skull, all because of a few words that had printed themselves in his mind.

Gallagher's heart froze when he saw a crack appear in a bulkhead that spread downward and then sideways across the hull plates.

A blue light clicked; focused rays spread downward upon the surface of a polished table.

Outside, sunlight was spreading downward, across the faces of Shinjuku's gigantic office towers.

Then, slowly, the pressure and tightening eased, spreading downward before finally going away.

With the firecracker in the cap, the flames spread downward in a halo.