lantern
Example Sentences
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Grandma returned to my room holding an electric lantern in one hand and a lighter in the other.
From Literature
Diogenes the Cynic famously carried a lantern searching for an honest man.
A giant Japanese lantern floats above them like an orb.
From Los Angeles Times
Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.
From Salon
Right after supper, while Papa was putting some coal oil in the lantern, I went to the tool shed and got a pick and shovel.
From Literature
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