kerosene lamp

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

By the time his competitors got their oil out of the ground, Rockefeller owned every inch of infrastructure between the wellhead and the kerosene lamp.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

“People typically are close to the kerosene lamp as well, causing them to really inhale a lot of the particles.”

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2023

Mr. Nyunt Khin lit a kerosene lamp, illuminating the pottery dust suspended in the air.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019

Born in 1976, a year after the end of the war, she remembers doing homework by the light of a kerosene lamp.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2018

I turned the gas mantle high, lit the kerosene lamp, and lighted two burners of my stove to drive the loneliness away.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck