torch

Definition:
1. A long piece of wood that has material at one end that is set on fire and that people carry to give light.
2. A small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand.

Use 'torch' in a sentence:

• 1. The torches guttered in the breeze, casting wavering shadows upon the battlements.
• 2. One of the men shone a torch in his face.
• 3. He pointed the torch beam at the floor.
• 4. The forearm and torch of the Statue of Liberty were on display at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876.
• 5. Liu has taken part in three Olympic torch relays.
• 6. I want you to stand beside me and hold the torch.
• 7. You will need a torch or you won't be able to see sweets, and it might get a bit too scary.
• 8. Suddenly somebody flashed an electric torch.
• 9. But the torch had been burning for one whole year, and yet nobody came.
• 10. Since his death in 1985 his widow has carried the torch of his Stalinist legacy.
• 11. Truth is a torch, which can pierce the mist without dispelling it.
• 12. So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch, and that day the lions didn't come.
• 13. A torch symbolizes the brightness ( of the future).
• 14. They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.
• 15. The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.
• 16. The torch was lighted.
• 17. The torch flared in the breeze.
• 18. And a valiant torch.
• 19. He flashed the torch on for a second.
• 20. Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.
• 21. He fastened a torch to every pair of tails.
• 22. Re-ignited the torch of life.
• 23. What about a BlackBerry Torch?
• 24. The shepherd followed, carrying a torch to light his way.
• 25. The torch features the Beijing 2022 emblem and the Olympic rings etched on its section, with patterns of clouds and snowflakes painted from the bottom up to the flame.
• 26. Legacyquel is a movie that continues a long-running franchise2, in which beloved aging stars reprise classic roles and pass the torch to younger successors.
• 27. I was perished. No jacket, no torch, wet through, exhausted.
• 28. Len studied it a moment in the beam of his torch.
• 29. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony.
• 30. A famous athlete held a torch and ran to the stadium.
• 31. Lillehammer's opening ceremonies featured a giant Olympic Torch burning biogas produced by rotting vegetation.
• 32. The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.
• 33. His emblems are the spear and the burning torch.
• 34. Suddenly, somebody flashed an electric torch.
• 35. Edward tossed his clothes into the air and waved a torch.
• 36. He has always carried a torch for Barbara.
• 37. The torch is heading for Tanzania.
• 38. See the torch in the streets of Chengdu!
• 39. and heroic torches as well.
• 40. As the torch turns, the whirling red line hidden in the crack seems to stretch endlessly, representing mankind's relentless and the values promoted by the Olympic Movement.
• 41. Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.
• 42. The wind ceased, the torch was lighted once more.
• 43. This group aims to carry the torch for the millions who demonstrated and the thousands who died.
• 44. The 2022 Olympic torch spirals upward to resemble two overlapping rising flames, with the outer one plated in silver to produce a striking contrast.
• 45. A walking stick dipped in the glowing slime of a jellyfish, he observed, "will light the way like a torch".
• 46. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it bums throughout the Games until the closing ceremony.
• 47. Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in.
• 48. They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
• 49. Prometheus lit a torch from the chariot and put the fire in a hollow stalk that he concealed under his cloak.
• 50. The torch can bring higher arc voltage with lower fluctuation by elongating the arc.