torchlight
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of torchlight
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at torch 1, light 1
Example Sentences
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Those families have formed an organization, called the Torchlight Initiative, to heighten awareness on the issue.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
They also confirmed that the Torchlight Procession would return on 29 December, as well as the Night Afore Disco Party beneath Edinburgh Castle on 30 December.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023
According to Judith Jacob, a security analyst at the risk and intelligence company Torchlight, Indonesia’s embrace of former terrorists in deradicalization efforts is rare.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022
It had a school, a church and a newspaper, called the Freedman’s Torchlight, which served as a kind of textbook to newly freed slaves by publishing lessons on the alphabet, English and arithmetic.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2021
Torchlight glimmered behind windows of leaded glass in the Lord of Harmony’s wooden hall, showing half a hundred kinds of butterflies in all their bright colors.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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