searchlight

Example Sentences

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The helicopter was still a ways off, but they could see its searchlight cutting through the darkness, illuminating the falling snow.

From Literature

Ms. Kuin looks for Diogenes not with a lamp but a searchlight, straining to see his influence everywhere—even in places it is very hard to detect.

From The Wall Street Journal

At night, the crew trained a searchlight across the dark waters to look for growlers—low-floating chunks of ice big enough to puncture a ship.

From The Wall Street Journal

He struck a match on the bottom of his boot and circled it ’round the room like a tiny searchlight, revealing each person in turn.

From Literature

The boat’s searchlight swept across the empty black water.

From Literature