Very lights
Example Sentences
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Twenty-five minutes after the attack began, green Very lights arched over the crest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Very lights, anti-aircraft shells flashed brightly above them.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the manœuvres the Gamma flew by night over Cambridge and bombarded that seat of learning with Very lights.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
On the 15th of September Captain L. E. O. Charlton fired Very lights over enemy guns previously observed.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
They said it bugge or even bwg, but then they were more afraid of specters in those days than we, who imprison will-o'-the-wisps in Very lights, and rub fox-fire on our watch faces.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
