Example Sentences

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Visibility became limited to the area illuminated by their flashlights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

It's nearly 10:00 pm on Friday night, and a group of children shine their flashlights on the imposing skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

We brought flashlights to hunt for fossils in the limestone beds, though mostly we just wandered.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

Videos shared on social media also showed metro passengers using their mobile phones' flashlights to find their way out of dark stations.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

The crystals were as sharp as hypodermic syringes, and they glittered in the beams of the flashlights.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston