lamplight
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lamplight
Example Sentences
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In the finale, Tamara Toumanova, a legend of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, is a streetwalker dancing by lamplight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
His memories, he says, “are still tinged with the lamplight of that era” before electricity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023
To confirm their light-sensing role, the researchers covered the centipedes’ antennae with tinfoil, blocking their exposure to the lamplight.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 12, 2023
“This is a totally deliberate tactic,” Zelenskyy said in his nighttime video address to the nation, filmed outside in Kyiv, with the presidential office in the lamplight behind him.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
When she woke, she came bleary-eyed into the kitchen, then into the living room, where Mrs. Delaney sat in a pool of lamplight rocking a sleeping Pearl.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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