lighthouse

Example Sentences

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I walk a frozen Bothnian Gulf at Nallikari, an obscured lighthouse, a delinquent lifeguard stand, and makeshift saunas stand on white expanse like archaeology.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

They spin rapidly and generate intense magnetic fields, producing focused beams of radio waves that sweep across space like the beam of a lighthouse.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

The view from the Grade-II listed house across St Ives Bay to Godrevy lighthouse inspired Woolf to write To the Lighthouse, among other works.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

A short hike to the beach afforded views of the starkly angular lighthouse known as the Charleston Light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The brother’s glance went slowly around the room, like the ray of a lighthouse sweeping a familiar coast, searching for hidden defects.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier