city of light
Example Sentences
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Still, when you look at how this blazing city of light was constructed out of the hostile rock of the Western deserts, you really wouldn't bet against Las Vegas.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2010
From Paris he sent me a silken dress, A dream caress of a silken dress, From Paris the city of light.
From Time Magazine Archive
And what did he send you my bonny lass, From Paris the city of light?
From Time Magazine Archive
For Israeli conductor-pianist Daniel Barenboim, 46, Paris has truly been the city of light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Electricity, to me, had always been a novelty and a luxury, and here was a vast landscape of electricity, a city of light.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
