torch

Example Sentences

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Macleod agrees: "Turn off torches and car headlights, and stop looking at your phone because the light from the screen can affect your eyes acclimatising and adjusting to the total darkness."

From BBC

“We are witnessing a distinct ‘passing of the torch’ as sector rotations intensify, and capital shifts from growth to cyclical and value stocks,” writes Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Sandler.

From Barron's

He carried his pack and the extra weight of a heavy rope, a small ax, and their supply of torches with ease.

From Literature

Finally, two Olympic torches were lit two Olympic cauldrons, in Milan and Cortina, their flames at the center of shape-shifting spheres.

From Los Angeles Times

To unite the Italian host cities, the Olympic flame was passed out of the stadium as Bocelli belted and the torch simultaneously reached two cauldrons.

From Los Angeles Times