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Examples
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For a second both of the women are caught in the glow from the lighter's fiery tip.
Castanets '84 Ginnah Howard 2010
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Fire steels When the lighter's wet, or empty, or lost, and you've somehow forgotten to individually coat all your matches with wax, these spark-making steels will light your stove or dry kindling in all weathers.
Kit corner 2011
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The question was punctuated by the lighter's bright jaws snapping shut.
Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010
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My favorite light-it-up tool is one of those long barbecue lighters, made like a cigarette lighter's gigantic cousin Al.
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An apparently innocent lighter came alongside at once, but the lighter's cargo was not quite so innocent as its appearance.
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She trusted in inspiration, even when -- during her lengthy fallow periods -- its glow was less like a lamp's than a balky cigarette lighter's.
The Poet as Survivor Brad Leithauser 2008
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This video was on a lighter's computer; he explained how DW was posting it on YouTube and getting some dandy guerrilla advertising for "Flushed Away."
Dancing Slugs Steve Hulett 2006
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This video was on a lighter's computer; he explained how DW was posting it on YouTube and getting some dandy guerrilla advertising for "Flushed Away."
Archive 2006-10-01 Steve Hulett 2006
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Jayve crouched under the incredible curve of the lighter's hull, both palms flat against its centimeters-thick layer of crystalline sealant.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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A bunch of people emerged and I heard Babs say "This lighter's no workin '."
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