searchlight
Example Sentences
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Every now and then, searchlights roam the sky, criss-crossing over each other and making us stop and throw ourselves to the ground, crouching low and keeping quiet till they’ve gone.
From Literature
The helicopter was still a ways off, but they could see its searchlight cutting through the darkness, illuminating the falling snow.
From Literature
Ms. Kuin looks for Diogenes not with a lamp but a searchlight, straining to see his influence everywhere—even in places it is very hard to detect.
At night, the crew trained a searchlight across the dark waters to look for growlers—low-floating chunks of ice big enough to puncture a ship.
He struck a match on the bottom of his boot and circled it ’round the room like a tiny searchlight, revealing each person in turn.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
