pilot light
Example Sentences
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It was like someone lit the pilot light.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2025
As it had hundreds of times before in hundreds of previous matches, her opponent’s nerve lit Williams’s pilot light.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022
And in light of her age, her drive and her talent, it would come as quite a surprise if Swiatek, with Nadal for a pilot light, does not win at Roland Garros again.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2022
The balloon flew northeast along the Connecticut River, cruising for about 45 minutes before Boland reported that the pilot light on the burner was out.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021
I needed something that could hold a flame, some kind of pilot light.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
