torch

Example Sentences

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This handing on of the torch took place last week, with George helping to make lunch for people being supported by the Passage, which works with homeless people in central London.

From BBC

Many pilgrims take turns running hundreds of miles back to their pueblos, carrying a torch lit at the foot of Tepayac.

From Los Angeles Times

I was the youngest dude in the group and they were like, “Man, look, we getting older. We’re not about to be doing this YouTube dance stuff. We’re gonna hand the torch to you.”

From Los Angeles Times

There’s also an early version of “We Three,” the torch song she wrote with Tom Verlaine, which would later make it onto “Easter.”

From Salon

For most of the season, Indiana’s mentally fresh players have torched their opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal