searchlight
Example Sentences
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At night, the crew trained a searchlight across the dark waters to look for growlers—low-floating chunks of ice big enough to puncture a ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 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
But her searchlight also finds figures who are perhaps less than household names.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
Comrade Pillai’s smile broadened as he turned all his attention like a searchlight on Rahel.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
