lighthouse
Example Sentences
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“Seems to me we have lighthouses right here in the U.S.A.”
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Even at a distance it shone like a lighthouse.
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“Oh. Uh, yeah. There used to be a lighthouse here until it burned down in the early nineteen hundreds. And now it’s a motel. Go figure.”
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A short hike to the beach afforded views of the starkly angular lighthouse known as the Charleston Light.
The retired river-fleet captain joined the class about a year ago and says he likes making miniature lighthouses because they remind him of his former life on the river.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.