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The girl had disappeared on a stretch of path no more than fifty feet long before the bend that would have allowed Phillip to see the lamplight.—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026 The festivities began with a tea reception at the Hotel Chelsea, where the storied hallways glowed with lamplight.—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026 And these ancient stones are even more beautiful and enigmatic at night, when the lamplights glow, and the busloads of tourists are long gone.—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025 The finale’s big reveal In the Irvine family’s home, lamplight settles over a night on edge.—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 6 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lamplight