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  • Q: I despise automobiles with head-lamp lenses that are milky or opaque.

    Me & My Car 2012

  • Night Running: GET LIGHTS that flash and a great head-lamp.

    Running - Some Thoughts for the Beginning Runner 2010

  • The guard-rail had been repaired, for example, but the outline of the rocks against the sea — were I to walk over to a spot fifteen feet from Denny's front head-lamp, drop to the ground, and turn my head due west, the jagged shapes would match precisely those seared onto my brain.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • The guard-rail had been repaired, for example, but the outline of the rocks against the sea — were I to walk over to a spot fifteen feet from Denny's front head-lamp, drop to the ground, and turn my head due west, the jagged shapes would match precisely those seared onto my brain.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • Consider next time you drive along a country road the attitude of a rabbit caught in the glare of a head-lamp — its glazed eyes, its rigid paws.

    Three Guineas 2003

  • School fees, hay for the horses, a new garden hose, a repair to the Jaguar's head-lamp in Bristol, a present for Scilla, a bet on Admiral, a donation to charity.

    Dead Cert Francis, Dick 1962

  • When I hit you I thought it was that Boche, and then a light fell on your face, coming from that head-lamp on a motor truck some one suddenly turned on.

    Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach

  • Jones, flashing his head-lamp upon the emergency panel, smashed the glass, wrenched the door open, and pushed buttons.

    First Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950

  • Vol. 2 GOLDEN DAYS for a Safety bicycle head-lamp or an Ordinary bicycle hub lamp.

    Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Various

  • “A quarter to ten,” she said, as she held out her arm to throw the light of his head-lamp on to her watch.

    St Peter's Finger Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1938

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