electric torch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of electric torch
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The term generational trauma may seem abstract to some, a cliché to others, but Choi makes it concrete, like Louisa’s red backpack or Serk’s electric torch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
On the eleventh night the Captain heard the thud of paws, flashed his electric torch on a black and yellow Presence with jewel eyes that leaped out of the forest upon the goat's back.
From Time Magazine Archive
In San Francisco, Edward T. Adkins, who had equipped his car with a magazine rack, movie camera, electric torch and drill and an airplane steering gear, was stopped for driving without license plates.
From Time Magazine Archive
Silently through the bungalow's open door entered an Englishman with an electric torch, a magistrate representing The Emperor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Normally the underside of the green roof was lit by a tangle of golden reflections, and their faces were lit upside down-like, thought Ralph, when you hold an electric torch in your hands.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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