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
Almost immediately red Very lights went up within a stone's-throw as it seemed to me.
From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike
The whole horizon was alight with bursting shells and Very lights.
From Soldier Silhouettes on our Front by Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy)
They said it bugge or even bwg, but then they were more afraid of specters in those days than we, who imprison will-o'-the-wisps in Very lights, and rub fox-fire on our watch faces.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
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