TORCH in a Sentence

Learn TORCH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

89 example sentences for TORCH, such as:

1. The torch flared in the wind.
2. The guide carried away the torch.
3. She flashed/shone the torch into the dark room.
4. The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.
5. He planted his torch in the ground and resumed his labor.

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 Meanings and Examples of TORCH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
torch
 n.  large candle or lamp giving flaring flame; flashlight
Classic Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1  They drove through the dark wood; but the carriage shone like a torch, and it dazzled the eyes of the robbers, so that they could not bear to look at it.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
2  So saying, the abbe exhibited a sort of torch very similar to those used in public illuminations.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
3  Edmond stiffened himself in order to play the part of a dead man, and then the party, lighted by the man with the torch, who went first, ascended the stairs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If.
4  The man with the torch complied, although not asked in the most polite terms.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If.
5  He thought a moment, cut a branch of a resinous tree, lighted it at the fire at which the smugglers had prepared their breakfast, and descended with this torch.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
6  He approached the hole he had dug, and now, with the aid of the torch, saw that his pickaxe had in reality struck against iron and wood.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
7  He planted his torch in the ground and resumed his labor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
8  With much pleasure, your excellency, if it would amuse you; and I will get you the torch you ask for.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
9  He recognized the place where he had awaked by the bed of heather that was there; but it was in vain that he carried his torch all round the exterior surface of the grotto.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
10  Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, descend from your carriage opposite the Via dei Pontefici, and follow the Roman peasant who snatches your torch from you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
11  He then took Peppino aside, gave him an order in a low voice, and Peppino went away, taking with him a torch, brought with them in the carriage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
12  Peppino passed, lighted his torch, and turned to see if they came after him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
13  And taking the lighted torch from the hands of the herdsman, he preceded his guests, not as a servant who performs an act of civility, but like a king who precedes ambassadors.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
14  The count turned around, and fancied he saw him in the corridor, rendered still darker by the torch carried by the concierge.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 113. The Past.
15  The guide carried away the torch.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 113. The Past.
Example Sentence:
1  The torch flared in the wind.
2  The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.
3  She flashed/shone the torch into the dark room.
4  Patriotism: Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
5  The yard is so dark, he turned on the torch to look for his keys.
6  When I got cast he sent an email to producer, Matt Tolmach, immediately and was very, very generous and it made me feel like I could take the torch in confidence.
7  We all watched in amazement as he juggled with three flaming torches.