How to use flashlight in a sentence

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• I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob.From the entry dead as a doorknob
• I lost my night vision for ten minutes because Kevin stupidly shone his flashlight right in my eyes.From the entry in someone's eyes
• The miner knew the old davy was safer than any open flame, but far riskier than a modern flashlight.From the entry davy
• His flashlight takes two AA batteries.From the entry battery
• I backtracked into the bedroom and got a weak-batteried Boy Scout flashlight.2012, Walter Block, Devils River Country, page 126. From the entry batteried
• Wielding his flashlight like a lightsaber, Kyle sent golden shafts slicing through the swirling vapors.2004, Rob N. Hood, Beyond the Wind, Binghamton, N.Y.: Southern Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry lightsaber
• I pulled a flashlight out of my pocket and stooped to flash it under the front wheels.1941, The American Magazine, volume 131, page 43. From the entry what goes on
• Flashlights in hand, they made their way down the slope and racqueted out upon the lake.1938, William Byron Mowery, Guns in the Valley, page 96. From the entry racquet
• We dined him, we lunched him, we were photographed in his company by flashlight.1906, H. G. Wells, The Future in America: A Search After Realities. From the entry lunch
• I had blazed in her face an olisbos-like flashlight.1958, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita. From the entry olisbos
• Perhaps, in that coarse brown-sugary sand, by flashlight, I could have missed Salmon’s ankle or shoulder if he was buried there.1949, Christopher Morley, “Defence in Depth”, in The Man Who Made Friends with Himself, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., page…. From the entry brown-sugary
• To find a grue, turn off the light at night, or go for a walk in a dark place (but carry a flashlight with you).2009, Jas, “Hazadous ^([sic]) Australian animals the GRUE.... your guide”, in rec.travel.australia+nz (Usenet). From the entry grue
• Search the footnotes with a flashlight, you wouldn’t find an explanation, let alone an appraisal, of $16 billion of this mystery meat.2002, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, volume 20, page 8. From the entry mystery meat
• In the daytime her adult students earned their living in the market as vendors of mosquito coils, toilet paper, batteries, flashlights, tiger balms.2000, T. C. Huo, Land of Smiles, page 24. From the entry tiger balm
• If you can be bothered to carry them, it is a good idea to bring a torch (flashlight) and maybe binoculars for wildlife spotting.1999, Natalie Kruger, “Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef”, in Natalie Kruger, Marc Llewellyn, edited by Suzanne Roe Jannetta, Frommer’s…. From the entry torch
• The flight engineer climbed out of the aircraft to supervise the refueling, started down the workstand, but remembered he had forgotten his flashlight.1980, Approach, volume 25, number 8. From the entry workstand
• And then the usherette opened the doors of this dark palace and with a flashlight held behind her took him to his seat.1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN. From the entry usherette
• Due to blackouts (the Philippine term is brownout), especially during the dry season, be prepared with a flashlight and don't forget to save your data in your PC.1991, Philippine Smile. From the entry brownout
• Combined with sobriety checkpoints, especially around bars, convenience stores, and other predictable haunts of the booze-cruisers, the new flashlight device could be an important weapon against drunken driving.1985 June 3, “Anti-drunk technology”, in Daily Press, 90th year, number 154, page A4. From the entry drunken driving
• You may be able to tell if your child is a supertaster by taking a look at the back portion of his tongue with a flashlight and a magnifying glass.2011, Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Picky Eater Solution: Gentle Ways to Encourage Your Child to Eat—and Eat Healthy, McGraw Hill…. From the entry supertaster

Meaning of flashlight

1. noun A battery-powered hand-held light source.
2. noun A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
3. noun A photograph taken with a flash camera.

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Questions about flashlight in a sentence

How do you use flashlight in a sentence?

Flashlight is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I shone my flashlight on the strange inscription.”

What is a short sentence with flashlight?

“His flashlight takes two AA batteries.”

What does flashlight mean?

Flashlight means a battery-powered hand-held light source.