How to use "lantern" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "lantern" in popular movie and book plots

  • A fight ensues, during which a gas lantern is knocked over and ignites a fire, and the okiya is partially destroyed by the flames.  - Memoirs of a Geisha (film)
  • The Timewyrm accepts, but the Doctor's lantern was really an extension of the TARDIS forcefield which he uses to repel the Timewyrm.  - Timewyrm: Exodus
  • On stormy nights he goes over to Samson and can be seen sending lantern signals out to sea.  - When the Whales Came
  • During the battle, a lantern is overturned and dr Franklyn is bitten by the venomous fangs of his Reptilian daughter.  - The Reptile
  • The player character hurls a lighted lantern at the tree, then flees the collapsing cavern.  - Alone in the Dark (1992 video game)
  • The beam of the lantern rebounds off several mirrors until it strikes the felimia, which was charging at the group.  - Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva
  • Having to climb up the enormous Tower of Babel beforehand, David manages to kill Goliath by throwing a lit lantern down his throat.  - Simpsons Bible Stories
  • Victor throws an oil lantern at it, setting it aflame; it falls through a skylight into a bath of acid.  - The Curse of Frankenstein
  • They come across a strange green railroad lantern buried in a pile of rubbish.  - Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame
  • They quickly tie him down against a roof lantern (skylight) before he can break free.  - Cold Creek Manor
  • In the ensuing scuffle, a lantern is knocked over and the cabin is set on fire.  - Tom and Jerry: The Movie
  • The group takes a lantern into the cave and discovers strange inscriptions on the walls.  - The Snake's Pass
  • Cluny commands his horde to climb over the walls via a siege tower, but Cornflower throws a lantern on the tower.  - Redwall (novel)
  • Designed for a 12-volt automobile electrical system, it could also be powered by a 12-volt lantern battery.  - Air India Flight 182
  • The swinging pendulum of the station clock fades into the swinging lantern of a train engineer, standing over Williams' body.  - A Stop at Willoughby
  • A broken lantern starts a fire in the church and the townspeople rush to help extinguish it.  - McCabe & Mrs. Miller

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