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Lighter
"Lighter" in a Sentence (20 examples)
It is getting lighter outside.
Have you got a lighter?
I put my lighter down somewhere and now I can't find it.
Do you have a lighter?
I searched high and low for my lighter but couldn't find it.
He was playing with a lighter.
This lighter won't catch.
Sir, you have left your lighter on the table.
The man lit a cigarette with a lighter.
His lighter has done ten years' service.
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a lighter of lamps
Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.
It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.
1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227. Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.
I prefer a lighter shade of pink.
What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!
I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.
The way the glare from our engine firehole pulsated, reflecting continuously in the steam, combined with our achievement in keeping level with the lighter train until our metals parted at Wilton, provided another lasting memory.
It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents.
For example, lightweight construction and Jacobs bogies save weight, and a lighter train uses less power.
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