signal fire

Example Sentences

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Under Piggy and Ralph, the boys start off by building shelters, creating a signal fire, and gathering food and water.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Diggs learns how to use anchor points, track a target and make a signal fire.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

We had to be really concerned and protective with things like the signal fire.

From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2018

Then, in 2009, something cut through the darkness like a signal fire.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2016

Ralph stood among the ashes of the signal fire, his hands full of meat, saying nothing.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding