beacon

Example Sentences

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Let’s hope that Mr. Guan is granted asylum to live freely in his adopted country that was once, and must continue to be, a beacon for liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s a beacon, so to speak, especially for us Latina women.

From Los Angeles Times

He said local farmers would have been wondering what was going on at Blaenllain Farm, adding: "You were shining a beacon on the oddity of it all."

From BBC

This eloquent expression painted a vision of America as a beacon of democracy and freedom on which the whole world could rely, and it informed the entire post-World War II global order.

From Salon

His forge sits tucked away in one of the beacons' hidden vales, only a few miles from the cowshed where he made that bold promise all those years ago.

From BBC