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How to use rushlight in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word rushlight? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
The rushlight was burned in a small pierced metal container or in a special holder consisting of pincers on a stand.
A rushlight gave about as much light as a candle and was less expensive, but it dropped melted grease.
The monkish scholars of the Dark Ages and the universities of the Middle Ages are reminders that the rushlight of learning flickered even in the most benighted periods.
The dried pith of plants of this family were used to make a type of candle known as a rushlight.
As I had asked for a night-light, the chamberlain had brought me in, before he left me, the good old constitutional rushlight of those virtuous days.
Air Products has been awarded the prestigious Rushlight Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Award for its innovative Series 100 Hydrogen Fueling Station technology.
Examples from Classical Literature
Get me the matches down, Hetty, for I must have the rushlight burning i' my room.
The rushlight had burned out and the cell was impenetrably dark.
Bute's twinkling eyes, or the flicks of yellow that the rushlight threw on the dreary darkened ceiling.
Memoirs of General John Reid, commonly called The Walking Rushlight, sir?
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