rushlight

Example Sentences

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The rushlight lit at Jarrow or a Southron sporting fashion?

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012

When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It look forever to find it again; to hit the flint against the strike-fire, and shower sparks on the little pile of yew bark shavings in his hand, but at last the rushlight flared.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Down here there was no wind, no snow, no ice, no dead things reaching out to grab you, only dreams and rushlight and the kisses of the ravens.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The rushlight glimmered on the cave wall behind the stone -and lit the gleam of thousands of eyes.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver