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  • noun Plural form of torch.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of torch.

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Examples

  • He went out and arranged for a dozen debutantes on Easter Sunday in 1929 to march down Fifth Avenue holding what he called their torches of freedom.

    The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays & The Birth of Public Relations 1998

  • All of us, Canadians and Americans, have seen that opportunity and freedom are the twin torches which have attracted to our shores many people from the Old World.

    In Search of Knowledge 1956

  • Meanwhile Wallace, having recovered himself, just as the Scots brought in lighted torches from the lower apartments of the tower, saw Roger Kirkpatrick leaning sternly on his blood-dripping sword, and the young Edwin coming forward in garments too nearly the hue of his own.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • The torches were the most critical to his plan, and each man carried three.

    Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

  • It and the flaring of the torches were the only sounds.

    THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK VONDA N.MCINTYRE 1990

  • Behind me the torches were a fiery surf along the shore, and above were the stars.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • In the latter, however, we found a supper all ready, which was sufficiently cooked without more fire, and which many of us speedily consumed, unaided by the fiery elements, and drank some very good wine also. 48 I shall never forget the destructive majesty of the flames as the torches were applied to beds, curtains, etc.

    The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903

  • Next the marriage of Cupid and Psyche seems to have shown the reproduction of living nature; and afterwards the procession of torches, which is said to have constituted

    Canto I 1803

  • Cupid and Psyche seems to have shown the reproduction of living nature; and afterwards the procession of torches, which is said to have constituted a part of the mysteries, probably signified the return of light, and the resuscitation of all things.

    The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Erasmus Darwin 1766

  • Ishan sells little keytag torches outside Pilawoos over the weekend.

    Kottu 2010

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