searchlight
Example Sentences
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At night, crews trained a searchlight across dark waters infested with so-called growlers—low-floating chunks of ice the size of trucks that can puncture ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
The methods used by exasperated zoo-keepers included trying to dazzle the bird with a fire brigade searchlight before nabbing him when he was distracted.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
The task is a bit like discerning a field of fireflies around a central, massive searchlight.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
Using sound like a searchlight, they patrol the chilly depths.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
The searchlight followed, its beam clearly outlined in the sulphur cloud that trailed the balloon.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
