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The lamplight of Louisville, seen from the river, became a chain of beacon fires bringing news from Old Europe, where King Louis XVI, who gave the city its name, would be beheaded.—Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 The setting sun drapes the realm in orange, and lamplight complicates shadow-play.—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 May 2025 The lamplights still smiled like yellow orbs, and the cold bit just enough to feel on their cheeks, but the dusting of snow had sucked away all the usual exhaust and smoke.—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 May 2025 Community health workers told us about delivering babies by lamplight or the light from a cellphone.—Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lamplight
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