Example Sentences

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Torches burning in the night sky, seemingly as the only source of light, heighten the film’s overall unnervingly hypnotic atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2021

Away from the barrage of perturbing social-media headlines, Walters, who performs as Silver Torches, was going through a particularly rough stretch many Seattleites can relate to.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2018

Torches, witch hunts, flaming crosses — they all stretch back to our country’s founding.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2017

“We don’t think new Bolds and Torches will turn the ship around,” said MKM Partners.

From Forbes • Aug. 4, 2011

Torches went out as Grendel came past them.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye