light bridge
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The floor began to light up underneath him, panes of light flying in from left and right to create a sort of light bridge, which he bounded down to shake a Sony executive’s hand.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020
At the point where the cutting is deepest, a light bridge is thrown across, which, from its great height, forms a striking object to the travellers passing below it.
From Domestic Manners of the Americans by Trollope, Fanny
The writer saw in 1867 a light bridge, which spanned the street, and was intended for the use of ladies and timid pedestrians.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
His gaze wandered forward past the rakish stacks to the light bridge which spanned the Vaterland's beam.
From The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
The bridge did lead to Varesnes, he admitted, but it was only a light bridge, and he had orders to allow no military traffic over it.
From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike
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