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Examples

  • One of the IP men swept his handlight across them.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • By the time Lalji and Creo followed him down, he had wound a handlight and its dim bulb was spattering the cellar with illumination as its spring ran its course.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • Underwater, even with the handlight, he could hardly see, so he groped his way down, feeling the scrape of rocks against his coveralls as the boots propelled him through the water.

    The Best and The Brightest SUSAN WRIGHT 1998

  • Titus pushed her through and with one pass of his handlight, he knew.

    The Best and The Brightest SUSAN WRIGHT 1998

  • Fiyle swung the beam of the handlight around until he found a doorway in the side of the tunnel.

    Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996

  • Prospero knelt down, picked up the man's handlight, and handed it to Caliban.

    Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996

  • The man fumbled with his free hand and pulled a handlight out of one of his pockets.

    Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996

  • He walked quickly to the other car, flashing his handlight on the side of the vehicle as he went up to the driver.

    Code Three Rick Raphael 1956

  • Inside the twisted interior of the car, the thick smoke all but obscured the bent back of the younger trooper and his powerful handlight barely penetrated the gloom.

    Code Three Rick Raphael 1956

  • Against the case that I should need a handlight, I carried besides a so-called dashboard coal-oil lantern with me.

    Over Prairie Trails Frederick Philip Grove

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