searchlight

Example Sentences

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For months, they’ve been signaling as if with a searchlight how much they covet the 6-foot-11 Greek forward.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

At night, the crew trained a searchlight across the dark waters to look for growlers—low-floating chunks of ice big enough to puncture a ship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

The methods used by exasperated zoo-keepers included trying to dazzle the bird with a fire brigade searchlight before nabbing him when he was distracted.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

The task is a bit like discerning a field of fireflies around a central, massive searchlight.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

The boat came nearer, the searchlight sweeping to left and right, almost on course to hit the island, but at the last minute it turned a little to starboard and moved past.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman