Examples of lamplight in a Sentence
We could see the glow of lamplight in the window.
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The girl had disappeared on a stretch of path no more than fifty feet long before the bend that would have allowed Phillip to see the lamplight.
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Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Xiao Sang felt that the streetlight was the most suitable place to read that book: stillness on all sides, a black cat with shining fur slinking around the courtyard, the apricots on the large tree at the entrance glowing in the lamplight.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The festivities began with a tea reception at the Hotel Chelsea, where the storied hallways glowed with lamplight.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
And these ancient stones are even more beautiful and enigmatic at night, when the lamplights glow, and the busloads of tourists are long gone.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
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Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Xiao Sang felt that the streetlight was the most suitable place to read that book: stillness on all sides, a black cat with shining fur slinking around the courtyard, the apricots on the large tree at the entrance glowing in the lamplight.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The festivities began with a tea reception at the Hotel Chelsea, where the storied hallways glowed with lamplight.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
And these ancient stones are even more beautiful and enigmatic at night, when the lamplights glow, and the busloads of tourists are long gone.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Lamplight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamplight. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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lamplight
noun
lamp·light
ˈlam-ˌplīt 
: the light of a lamp
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