torchlight
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of torchlight
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at torch 1, light 1
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The police move from room to room, by torchlight - there's no power - opening wardrobes and lifting mattresses.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Rescue efforts continue under torchlight as darkness falls.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Once they had identified themselves as specialised military divers, they tell the miner that "your torchlight helped us a lot".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
In contrast to the danse macabre sequences at the deathbed, Jill overhears the “celebratory sound” of a neighbor’s back yard evening wedding by torchlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
At the end of the corridor, in a cross-shaped room that flickered with torchlight, was a fifteen-foot-high stone figure with a catlike face, taloned fingers, fierce tusks, and Medusa hair.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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