How to Use torchlight in a Sentence

torchlight

noun

• The men worked by torchlight.
• Part of the compound, the Beach Cafe is waterfront dining by torchlight.
  — Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2021
• But also: more eager than anyone to see his name in torchlights.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019
• In the 1970s its workers built roads in Saudi Arabia, often at night by torchlight.
  — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
• Mark your calendar for the New Year’s Eve torchlight parade and fireworks to welcome 2020.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
• At the end of 2021, a group of night poachers in a Mozambique national park—using torchlight to blind antelopes—were suddenly the ones left stunned in the dark.
  — Andy Jones, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2022
• Jurors saw two contrasting images of Spencer, who led the torchlight march the night before the rally, in the courtroom on Thursday.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• The dedication came on the heels of a massive torchlight parade that began on the steps of the University of Havana Saturday night and flowed through the streets of the capital.
  — Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 28 Jan. 2018
• Events happen across town and all four ski hills — snow sculptures, fat biking, fireworks, ice skating, torchlight parade, and even a canine fashion show.
  — Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, 18 Nov. 2019
• Richard Spencer, the lead organizer for the August 11 torchlight rally, asked if Romero recognized him at either the tiki torch rally or the demonstrations the next day.
  — Mark Morales and Ralph Ellis, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
• In spite of Prohibition, corks were popped and people celebrated with torchlight parades, police and fire sirens, and car horns.
  — Nancie Clare, Los Angeles Magazine, 20 Feb. 2018
• The two have decided to incorporate this into the game mechanics – if Simian fails to stay inside the torchlight, he’ll be erased out of existence.
  — Mary Jane Irwin, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2007
• The trip ended with an evening cruise aboard a private pontoon; the camp's flickering torchlight is the only thing that distracts from the soundlessness of the riverine realm after the sun sets behind the ancient jackalberries.
  — Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
• In August, Spencer led a coalition of white supremacists in a torchlight march across the University of Virginia campus that touched off a weekend of deadly clashes, killing one.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 8 Oct. 2017
• From 5-8 p.m., there will be a variety of events including a torchlight parade, fireworks, an appearance by Santa Claus, a fire pit and refreshments.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2019
• The cobblestone streets and Colonial holiday traditions like caroling by torchlight and a gun-salute display make this spot a must for any history buff.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 16 Nov. 2022
• But the colonists also engaged in a certain amount of animal behavior—vandalism, rioting by torchlight, work with tar and feathers.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 6 July 2018
• But as transporting as these embellishments are, we are held even more powerfully by the sheer force of Roman’s narration, by the glow of the torchlight on the faces of his captive audience and by their vigorous responses to each new twist and turn.
  — Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• That evening, to commemorate the landmark amendment, thousands marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in a torchlight procession.
  — Smithsonian, 24 Oct. 2017
• Ukraine’s far-right nationalists, meanwhile, prefer black balaclavas and torchlight rallies.
  — Sophie Pinkham, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2020
• His status as a substitute in Montgomery was frozen Nov. 1 after allegations surfaced about his participation in the Charlottesville torchlight protest.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2018
• Trump certainly has revived certain aspects of the political excitement of the 1930s: Nazi torchlight parades, presidential attacks on the media as enemies of the people, and street battles between armed extremist factions.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 16 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024