torch

[tɔːrtʃ]

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.