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
Silently through the bungalow's open door entered an Englishman with an electric torch, a magistrate representing The Emperor.
From Time Magazine Archive
By now Holmes, using an electric torch instead of the traditional bull's-eye lantern, is hot on the trail.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He stuffed his waymarked map back through the opening in the bulkhead, followed by a pocket-size electric torch.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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