Bengal light
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the window of the apothecary a great purple jar, with a spray of gas jets behind it, was flaring on the darkness like a Bengal light.
From The Stillwater Tragedy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
As I emerged on deck a Bengal light flared red and dazzling on the bridge, and I saw some sailors trying to lower a boat from its davits.
From The Ghost A Modern Fantasy by Arnold Bennett
Taking then from his haversack a Bengal light, he ignited it and threw it into the dark void.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various
The foot of the infuriate beast was raised to crush his skull, when another man flashed a Bengal light in his face, with the flame almost in his eyes, and the giant bellowed and fled.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
Denis did not dance, but when ragtime came squirting out of the pianola in gushes of treacle and hot perfume, in jets of Bengal light, then things began to dance inside him.
From Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
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