torch-lit
torch-lit adjective: lit by one or more torches.
Adjective
torch-lit (not comparable)
- Lit by one or more torches.
- a torchlit procession
- Wearing his white coat to guard against the nighttime chill, Francis listened intently along with some 20,000 faithful as the meditations re-enacting Christ's crucifixion were read out in the torch-lit Colosseum.2018 March 31, Associated Press, “Pope presides over Good Friday, but wait — did he say there's no hell?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- Synonyms:
- torch-lighted
Examples of torch-lit in a sentence
- I ran down the torch-lit library stairs of the Carlyle, rounded the sharp, chair-railed corners of the halls.2015 February 3, Lee Kelly, “Sarah”, in City of Savages, New York, N.Y.: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 388:
- Then, amid shouts from the watching crowd, the torch-lit ceremony ends with gunfire ringing out beneath the clear night winter sky.2025 February 13, Stephen Castle, “Singing to Trees to Make Good Cider: An Ancient English Ritual Is Back”, in The New York Times, New...
Synonyms of torch-lit
Forms of torch-lit
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Questions about torch-lit
- What does torch-lit mean?
- Torch-lit means lit by one or more torches.
- How do you use torch-lit in a sentence?
- I ran down the torch-lit library stairs of the Carlyle, rounded the sharp, chair-railed corners of the halls.
- What part of speech is torch-lit?
- Torch-lit is an adjective.
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