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Sentences starting with light

Light the flaming torches! [10]
Light mists veiled the radiant right eye of the goddess of heaven. [10]
Light shone through the curtain of a window. [11]
Light streamed from the blue sky through the tree-tops, and the golden sunbeams shimmered and danced over the branches, trunks and ground, as if they had been prisoned in the woods and could never find their way out. [10]
Light of my soul, but truth is the greatest of all! [11]
Light the lamp, Polly, dear, and let's have things cheerful just as glad to see you, Washington, as if you'd been lost a century and we'd found you again! [5]
Light is admitted into the interior through a double screen of pierced marble, which tempers the glare of an Indian sky while its whiteness prevents the mellow effect from degenerating into gloom. [5]
Light after light gradually twinkles forth; here a taper from a balconied window; there a votive lamp before the image of a saint. [4]
Light for my goddess, and for your scrubbers and scourers. [10]
Light and life beamed forth out of this gladsome youth's blue eyes. [10]

Sentences ending with light

When you lose, you're martyrs; but I don't find that when you win, you look upon the other losers in that light. [12]
If he knew you as I knew you, he would look at the matter in a different light. [9]
Pierre, without a word, began cleaning his rifle, while Macavoy smoked, and sat looking into the distance, surveying the sweet warmth and light. [11]
It was a wondrous great vehicle, the bright colors of its body flashing in the morning light. [9]
Her eyes had wonderful light. [11]
Limited trains are wonderful enough; but what shall be said of the modern mind, that travels faster than light? [9]
Her husband added with some exultation, 'But you may thank your fortunate stars--the same stars that made you Mrs Quilp--you may thank them that I'm upon the old gentleman's track, and have got a new light. [12]
The heavens glowed with purple, and the granite peaks, each sheathed in a film of ice, sparkled and shone like dark diamonds that had been dipped in light. [10]
Rosy-fingered morn touched with magic colour the masts and scattered sails of the ships upon the great river, and spires and towers quivered with rainbow light. [11]
He would go with her; and he picked up a light. [11]

Short sentences using light

And you'll light yourself, too. [5]
You see, I'm very light. [11]
These testimonies have thrown light. [5]
Strike a light there, somebody. [5]
Let your light shine. [4]
Something light and rather fluffy. [4]
From the light Poh! [6]
I beg your pardon-the light. [4]
Again light dawned on me. [11]
A light dawned on him. [11]

Sentences containing light two or more times

Blind people generally who have seen the light know what it is to miss the light. [5]
The streets along which they passed in the pale morning light were now deserted, and a film of mist, behind which glowed the golden light of the newly risen sun, shrouded the horizon. [10]
In the roof were two oil lamps which gave a light strong enough to read by; each had a green-cloth attachment by which it could be covered when the light should be no longer needed. [5]
The magnificent apartments were made as light as day by thousands of wax-candles in silver and bronze candelabra; costly Gobelin tapestry and purple Flanders hangings covered the walls, and the bright hues of the paintings were reflected from the polished floors, flooded with brilliant light. [10]
If the flats were advertised as having "all light rooms," he explained that any room with a window giving into the open air of a court or shaft was counted a light room. [8]
The sun's light was obscured, but the gigantic frames of huge burning galleys served for torches to light the combatants. [10]
Darkness indeed for Victoria, who throughout her life had lived in light alone; in the light she had shed, and the light which she had kindled in others. [9]
When Jean Jacques used it, the Young Doctor sat up and leaned forward eagerly, while a light came into his face-a light of surprise, of revelation and understanding. [11]
I don't light up until it's dark, but if you wish--" "You like the twilight; you don't light up until it's dark, but if I wish--ah, that's it! [11]
This study always throws a flood of light upon the meaning of the text of an old author, the same light that the reader unconsciously has upon contemporary pages dealing with the life with which he is familiar. [4]

More example sentences with the word light in them

This light within your youthful hearts has beamed, Ripening the germs of all things good and fair; I also fostered them, and joyous dreamed Of future progress to repay our care. [10]
Well, that is your training; it is the training of everybody; but as for me, I thank that incident for giving me a better light, and I have never forgotten it. [5]
We come to your house here, light a fire, and sit just in de spot where I am, one hour, two hour, three hour. [11]
I have seen your face by the light, and that is enough for this time. [10]
She rejoiced over your blindness, and she will gnash her teeth with rage and grief when she hears that it was Tabus who brought light into the darkness that surrounds you. [10]
Another, a mature young lady of fifteen, who waited on the table, in the leisure after supper asked the Friend for a light for her cigarette, which she had deftly rolled. [4]
I particularly advised you to use your cavalry and light artillery upon his communications, and attempt to cut off his supplies and engage him at an advantage. [7]
Tell me, can you think of anything like it?--the strange light, the white bear of the Pole, that has no friends at all except the shooting stars, the great ice plains, the quick night hurrying on, the silence--such silence as no man can think! [11]
The stars, as you know, proclaim to you, as to me, that a higher power has joined us as light and warmth are joined. [10]
And how did you happen to light in this place? [5]
Tell me how you fared in the light of evening, at the end of that bloody day. [11]
Fifteen years ago you came to see my father, and now you have come to see me--all in the light o' the moon, as it were; like a villain in a play. [11]
Kalamoun was hopeless; yet twenty-four hours earlier Fielding had fancied there was a little light in the darkness. [11]
While the light Yet lingers in the darkening hall, I come to say a last Good-night Before the final Exeunt all. [6]
Darkness surrounded him, yet a bright dazzling light issued from his soul and illuminated his whole being with the warm golden radiance of the sun. [10]
Through it the yellow afternoon light was flooding now, even as then, checkered by the branches in their first fringe of green. [9]
He jumped up yelling, and the first thing the light showed was the varmint curled up and ready for another spring. [5]
He is eleven years of age, of sanguine-nervous temperament, light hair, blue eyes, intelligent countenance, well grown, but rather slight in form, to all appearance in good health, but subject to certain peculiar and anomalous nervous symptoms, of which his father gives this history. [6]
For in the years in which Fellowes had been Byng's secretary his relations with Krool seemed amiable and he had made light of Jasmine's prejudices. [11]
Compared with the wretched attempts of London to light that city, New York may fairly be said to be a well-lighted city. [5]
If they have wounds, we will make them heal; if their heads are turned, we will screw them the right way round; if their souls are dark, we will light up a flame in them. [10]
Once inside, Honora would look helplessly about her in the darkness while her escort would raise the shades, admitting a gloomy light on bare interiors or shrouded furniture. [9]
The desire which would lead each and every one to the gates of the Inner World which was limitless and eternal, filled with dazzling light . [9]
Ay, and he would have come if he had not still felt some love for me, if he had not misdoubted himself, and feared that the dying woman might once more light up the fire he had so carefully smothered and crushed out. [10]
And how they would fly around when he wanted a basin of water, a gourd of the same, or a light for his pipe!--but they would instantly insult a passenger if he so far forgot himself as to crave a favor at their hands. [5]
When Mr. Isaac Worthington arrived at Mr. Duncan's house, where he was staying, at three o'clock in the morning, he saw to his surprise light from the library windows lying in bars across the lawn under the trees. [9]
Four of my works have first seen the light under your care and have wandered all over the world under the protection of your name. [10]
Without saying a word Rostopchin rose and walked hastily to his light, luxurious drawing room, went to the balcony door, took hold of the handle, let it go again, and went to the window from which he had a better view of the whole crowd. [2]
But if you won't sell at any price, all right; we must try to worry along without the light of your countenance on, the posters, but we got to have it for the banquet. [8]
I looked in wonderment at the gesticulating figures grouped against the light, Madame imploring, the youthful profile of the newcomer marked with a cynical and scornful refusal. [9]
There was a wonderful light on all the inner bay, as we put off from shore. [4]
Dear, light of womanhood, I speak the truth now. [11]
Come weal, come woe, come dark, come light, I have fixed my mind, and nothing shall change it. [11]
She came in without a light, and at first did not see him. [11]
They were shadowing with the old wistful light, hut they were as clear as the limpid water of the spring. [13]
Silver and China, with the Manners coat-of-arms, were laid out that had not seen the light for many along day. [9]
And then--she awoke with the light shining in her face, and barely had time to dress before the conductor was calling out "Jersey City. [9]
He again turned with tender solicitude to the sufferer, but instantly started to his feet, for the gates were flung wide open and the light of torches and lanterns streamed into the court. [10]
Truly (I thought with remorse) she had been more industrious than I. I fell at length into a fevered sleep, and awoke, athirst, with the light trickling through my lattices. [9]
Three mendicant friars, with overflowing pouches, pressed past them, and two others were still standing with the men and the maidservants assembled in the light of the lanterns. [10]
Here he was, with mystery and peril to hasten his steps, loitering at the spot where the light of home streamed out upon the roadway. [11]
Sometimes I sat with my back against the dunes watching the drag of the outgoing water rolling the pebbles after it, making a gleaming floor for the light to dance. [9]
Old-fashioned bookcases lined with musty books filled the walls, except where a steel engraving of a legal light or a railroad map of the State was hung, and the Honourable Hilary sat in a Windsor chair at a mahogany table in the middle. [9]
His feet light with moccasins, he even ran a distance, enjoying the glow from a fast-beating pulse. [11]
A picture flooded with light, standing forth in radiant relief against the darkness of the heavy, majestic forms surrounding it in a wide circle. [10]
The rooms blazed with light like a conflagration; the flowers burned like lamps of many-colored flame; the music throbbed into the hearts of the promenaders and tingled through all the muscles of the dancers. [6]
A doorway, closed with light curtains, opened on to a long balcony with a finely-worked balustrade of copper-gilt, to which clung a climbing rose with pink flowers. [10]
It was flooded with level, yellow rays of light that seemed to be searching the corners in vain for dust. [9]
Where Conspicuousness carries with it a Power which, by the light of our own observation and experience, we are able to measure and comprehend, I think our envy of the possessor is as deep and as passionate as is that of any other nation. [5]
Her bosom heaved with her deep breath, the delicate nostrils quivered, and the great eyes flashed with wrathful light. [10]
He climbed on, with frequent stops to watch the rim, and before he dreamed of gaining the bench he bumped his knees into it, and saw, in the dim gray light, his rifle and the rabbit. [13]
As it was, with all hands at the pumps the water gained on her, and she moaned and creaked and ached her way into the night with no surety that she would show a funnel to the light of another day. [11]
His eyes burned with a light that was far away. [9]
She smiled, but with a light in her eyes. [9]
To sit indoors with a light and read in a St. Louis midsummer was not to be thought of. [9]
His orbs gleamed with a deadly light, but his lips moved not. [5]
He now suddenly wished that brighter light might dispel the gloom which just now he had found so restful; for the lady Euryale's demeanor would show him whether Melissa were still a virtuous maiden. [10]
Howells wrote: "I wish you could understand how unshaken you are, you old tower, in every way; your foundations are struck so deep that you will catch the sunshine of immortal years, and bask in the same light as Cervantes and Shakespeare. [5]
She did not wish to look, but that which had turned on the light and bade her was stronger than she. [9]
We do not wish to be understood to be an enemy of the light traffic of human speech. [4]
And when the windows on the orchard side showed a gray square of light, he flung down the parchment he was reading on the table. [9]
In only one window was there a light at three o'clock. [11]
The cold morning wind was blowing light mists over the absolutely barren shore. [10]
Swift as the wind the long-limbed bays of royal breed bore the light vehicles over the uneven sandy road and the smooth highway toward the palace. [10]
There was not wind enough for sails, but there were chopping waves, and swell enough to toss us about, and to produce bright flashes of light far out at sea. [4]
Even grown-up people will sometimes buy another's dearest secret for a light asseveration. [10]
You poor souls will have a bad time now, for the sun of my life has lost its light and the trees by the way-side have lost their verdure. [10]
There was a wild light in his eye, but he had no weapon. [11]
A poor soldier's wife, to whom she had been kind, was watching beside the corpse, at whose head a singly brand burned with a smoky, yellow light. [10]
I don't know why scoffers make so light of these partings--at the foot of the main stairs of the hotel gallery, just as Mrs. Farquhar was descending. [4]
The other light, whose power full well you know, E'en though in words I nor describe nor name, Alike for me and you its rays aye glow-- Maternal love, by day and night the same. [10]
When a Senator, whose place is in Washington moving among the Great and guiding the destinies of the nation, condescends to mingle among the people and accept the hospitalities of such a place as Hawkeye, the honor is not considered a light one. [5]
We had the whole passenger list for company, but their room would have been preferable, for there was no light, there were no windows, no ventilation. [5]
I repeat it, whoever is begged or bribed into disobedience will not see the light of to-morrow's sun. [10]
He it was who, like a brimful vessel, overflowed with the quintessence of what we call divine; and from this effluence emanated the divine Mind, the pure intelligence which is to the One what light is to the sun. [10]
Poor old Tynie, who would have thought that the world he loved couldn't make that light in his face! [11]
His beard was white, his face was friendly, almost benevolent, but his eyes had a light caught from no celestial flame. [11]
She wore a white robe with wide, open sleeves, and her arms shone in the dim light as white as her garment. [10]
It seemed worth while to try how far the principle of evolution would throw light on some of the more complex problems in the natural history of man. [1]
Once in a while they saw the light of some contemptuous citizen of the residence district who had stayed to laugh. [9]
And all the while she felt as though light were spreading in her and around her, and the vision she had last seen when she lost consciousness rose again before her inward eye. [10]
Her feeble health, which was very evident, became her particularly ill when, as at this moment, the harsh acrimony of her embittered soul came to light with hideous plainness. [10]
The solitary lamp, which was fixed on a high stand near his chair, shed a scanty light, which, however, sufficed to show him his trusted friend Pentaur, who had disturbed Nebsecht in his prohibited occupations. [10]
The little light which the General saw was the burning fuse. [11]
The low words which the artist exchanged with the woman whose love, even during the period of separation, would shed light and warmth upon his darkened life, were deeply impressed upon the souls of both. [10]
The second story, which projected above the ground floor into the street, was completely dark; but a faint glimmer of light streamed from the little window over the spurge laurel tree, and--this was the main thing--the bow window in the third story was still lighted. [10]
But, after all, which of you all would not gladly see his sister or his niece Caesar's light of love? [10]
Under light awnings, which kept off the sun, were sold sandals and kerchiefs of every material and hue, ornaments, amulets, fans, and sun-shades, sweet essences of every kind, and other gifts for offerings or for the toilet. [10]
The flushed cheeks which he noticed could scarcely be the result of the light labour which she had performed for him. [10]
Like the eagle which had disappeared before the pilgrim's eyes in the azure vault of heaven, the radiant light on the pure summit summoned her pure soul to dare the flight. [10]
Had this love which had come to her brought her any nearer to the unknown realm of light she craved?... [9]
The subdued light which crept under the porch and came in through the fan shaped window over the door fell on his face. [9]
Her dark eyes, which at first had glittered distrustfully and questioningly and afterwards glowed with a gloomy light, now gained a new expression. [10]
He looked to where he had seen the Nell Gwynn in the morning, and there was never a light in view. [11]
In one cell, where a little light penetrated, a man had lived twenty-seven years without seeing the face of a human being--lived in filth and wretchedness, with no companionship but his own thoughts, and they were sorrowful enough and hopeless enough, no doubt. [5]
I was sure when you took time to think you would see it in another light. [9]
They ain't tough when you come to think them out and throw light on them. [5]
The time comes when we have learned to understand the music of sorrow, the beauty of resigned suffering, the holy light that plays over the pillow of those who die before their time, in humble hope and trust. [6]
It was night when they had reached the school, the light of its many windows casting long streaks on the snow under the trees. [9]
Listen to them, when there is only a light breath stirring, and you will hear them saying to each other,--"Wait awhile! [6]

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