How to Use lamplight in a Sentence

lamplight

noun

• We could see the glow of lamplight in the window.
• See the Octagon House by the glow of lamplight with an evening tour Dec. 6.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2019
• The image of my cozy self in a soft puddle of smoky lamplight grieves me.
  — Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
• Near the center of the painting is an open sewing box with a vivid red lining that catches the lamplight.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• Check them in the morning and afternoon sun and evening lamplight.
  — Katy Kiick Condon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
• It is bathed in soft lamplight throughout the day and suffused by the smell of incense and soap, a gentle woodsy odor.
  — Kim Velsey, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2016
• Attracted by lamplights along the bridge, the insects swarm the area in a fluttering cloud of white wings.
  — National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2016
• Place Dauphine, at the west end, sits comfortable in lamplight, a secure upper-class corner of Paris.
  — Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
• Sitting in those hotel rooms, in lobbies, reading a strange newspaper in the poor lamplight; taking a walk down a street in the evening, smoking?
  — Cheryl Strayed, New York Times, 1 May 2017
• And last Sunday, in the span of just 30 seconds, a troubled 24-year-old turned the historic Oregon District’s charming lamplight streets into a killing field.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
• The town itself joins in on the cheer, lighting up buildings and trees and offering festive fun such as carriage rides and lamplight tours of Lyndon B. Johnson’s boyhood home.
  — Katie Friel, Chron, 22 Nov. 2021
• Back in the 1850s, offices were mostly dark little cave rooms populated by a handful of depressed men in brown suits working by gas lamplight.
  — Rachel Handler, Curbed, 26 Apr. 2021
• To confirm their light-sensing role, the researchers covered the centipedes’ antennae with tinfoil, blocking their exposure to the lamplight.
  — Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 13 Feb. 2023
• In shrouding mists and unforgiving lamplight alike, Gurbán finds a startling range of color within the monochromatic palette.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
• There is talk, too, Nikols said, of salvaging and reusing the iconic tilted lamplight sign, which was designed by Nikols’ father, longtime restaurateur John Nikols, and remains a familiar neighborhood landmark.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
• One enterprising truffle dealer seems to conduct all of his transactions in dark alleyways, lit by headlights or lamplight spilling from a nearby window.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
• In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• At other moments, tunnelers suddenly broke through into passageways dug by enemy teams, and hand-to-hand combat followed by lamplight.
  — Gl Archive, National Geographic, 6 June 2017
• Figures silhouetted against lamplight in tight interiors appear to merge with background wallpaper and nearby furniture.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024