torch

Example Sentences

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Now carrying the family’s torch is the fifth generation of tumbling acrobats skilled in the art of balance and flexibility.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

There were echoing sounds in the tunnel as well as the sound of splashing and dripping water as the team made their way through the dark environment with the aid of torch lights,

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Parker described the experience as "fantastic" and "historic", a chance to pick up the torch left by Apollo.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Every spring, caterpillars infested the fruit trees at their property’s edge, and every July the children watched from the porch as their father used a torch to burn out the larvae.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The young man staring back at them held a torch and wore a sky-blue kaftan dampened with sweat around its neckline.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray