lamplight
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lamplight
Example Sentences
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His memories, he says, “are still tinged with the lamplight of that era” before electricity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023
Two hours and a rapid PCR test later, I sat in the dark of a tent, watching as two young women formed a kind of Pietà in a pool of warm yellow lamplight.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023
To confirm their light-sensing role, the researchers covered the centipedes’ antennae with tinfoil, blocking their exposure to the lamplight.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 12, 2023
“This is a totally deliberate tactic,” Zelenskyy said in his nighttime video address to the nation, filmed outside in Kyiv, with the presidential office in the lamplight behind him.
From Washington Times • Mar. 19, 2022
But she didn’t once in the whole time we were there admit she had a privy, too, or mention her well water and lamplight.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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