Torches

"Torches" in a Sentence (10 examples)

There are torches that do not need batteries. Some are charged by shaking them, some by cranking a handle and others by repeatedly pressing a lever.

Each had a separate employ — in sharpening the pruning hooks, in suspending the mill-stone for pounding the grapes, after they had been trodden underfoot, or in preparing dry osiers, stripped of their bark, which were to serve as torches, so that the must might be drawn off during the night.

With rows of flaring torches to light it up, and the colour and rude hilarity of an old-time banquet, the dining room might have softened; but now, when two black-clothed gentlemen sat in the little circle of light thrown by a shaded lamp, one’s voice became hushed and one’s spirit subdued.

The noise of festival / rings through the spacious courts, and rolls along the hall. / There, blazing from the gilded roof, are seen / bright lamps, and torches turn the night to day.

"Frank, in Shinto fire festivals in Japan, fire is a purifying force. Lots of people carry torches." "Have you been in such a festival yourself, Don?" "No, I haven't yet."

Place some torches so that mobs don't spawn.

The villagers had torches and sickles.

In Prey Lang, for example, deforestation means indigenous collectors can no longer tap chboh trees for resin, an essential ingredient in varnish, sealing wax for waterproofing boats, waterproofing products, and torches for lighting houses in the village.

The torches were arranged in a pentagram.

The torches highlighted a strange figure on the wall.

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