searchlight
Example Sentences
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At night, crews trained a searchlight across dark waters infested with so-called growlers—low-floating chunks of ice the size of trucks that can puncture ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
The task is a bit like discerning a field of fireflies around a central, massive searchlight.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
Using sound like a searchlight, they patrol the chilly depths.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
He then found himself "squinting into a gigantic searchlight" of media attention, he says.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023
Comrade Pillai’s smile broadened as he turned all his attention like a searchlight on Rahel.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
