Very lights
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Very lights
1910–15; after E. W. Very (1847–1907), U.S. inventor
Example Sentences
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Very lights, anti-aircraft shells flashed brightly above them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twenty-five minutes after the attack began, green Very lights arched over the crest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Half a dozen Very lights went up in rapid succession: we were discovered!
From On the right of the British line by Gilbert Nobbs
Instantly the "Very" lights began to go up in scores, and hell broke loose.
From A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes
After the manœuvres the Gamma flew by night over Cambridge and bombarded that seat of learning with Very lights.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
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