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
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
Beside us, in the lamplight, is a seated figure, inflamed and opalescent, like a flaring ember.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2020
As the lamplight flickered off the portholes, the walls of the tiny cabin seemed to close in about her.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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