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Sentence Examples It replaced a lighthouse that had been built of wood and was washed away by the sea. The ship seemed tiny and insignificant now, dwarfed by the great tower of the Pharos lighthouse. I spent a night and day within a few feet of one of the most powerful lighthouse diaphones on the coast. Then, in the distance a foghorn wails and the roaming light of a lighthouse momentarily pierces the shadows. In contrast, though, the foghorn blast from a lighthouse is one of the most hellish things on Earth. I waited there like a fogbound ship looking for the flash of a lighthouse, some sense of direction, a beacon to steer by. The Irish vessel paid a flying visit to the bay earlier in the week to service the lighthouse. When you're alone in the Polo Lounge, the fluting tones of Australia's greatest son beckon you home like a lighthouse. Luke took Hailey's hand in his, and the two hastily flew down the stairs and out of the lighthouse. The British Navy had erected this lighthouse there in colonial days to warn frigates away from the coral reefs. Behind there was the lighthouse sweep of flashlights traversing empty space. It's almost like listening to a lighthouse keeper who's conditioned to pause every five seconds, whether the foghorn's on or not. When the Romans came to Britain they built a pharos, or lighthouse, at Dover, and several beacons were maintained during the following centuries. The Roman lighthouse was one of a pair of C2 lighthouses set on the cliffs either side of the river estuary. It also served as a platform for a monumental lighthouse, or pharos, that imitated the great Pharos of Alexandria. I can't see any benefit in a lighthouse, a clock tower and a series of boat docks to the general public or holidaymaker. Sea waves brought by Typhoon Nari hit an abandoned lighthouse on the shore of Keelung yesterday. Local lighthouse enthusiasts could give public accounts of the history and future of their local light. The aircraft was on a charter and transporting building materials to the Brough of Birsay lighthouse. It is topped by a stumpy, Lego-like lighthouse where a keeper and his family lived until 1987, when they were replaced by a light bulb. Show More Sentences The lighthouse will appeal to a niche market of cashed-up, well-informed buyers ready to grab a bargain. The 264 ft ship with her 42 ft beam just missed the lighthouse, but the wind and waves drove her high on the rocks, where she stuck fast. The ship steered towards the great lighthouse, around whose base, waves boiled white and broke in showers of foam against treacherous dark rocks. To the north of our house is the ocean, and the lighthouse sits on a cliff above a pretty little inlet beach overlooking the ocean. In 1935 modifications in the same lighthouse were carried out and an occulting light equipment was installed in place of the fixed wick lamp. Twenty years ago an enterprising Jack Jackson ran diving holidays from here, his visitors camping in the courtyard of the lighthouse. One of the most striking scenes portrays various fishing vessels buoyed to the wharf in the harbor with the lighthouse in the background. For ten years the lighthouse was happily staffed by a three man crew, rotated every fortnight. It features Milo, a glorious Newfoundland dog, cradling another hapless victim of the turbulent waters off New England's Egg Rock lighthouse. The lighthouse stands on a plinth of rock undermined by caves, perhaps once used by smugglers. The Mull of Kintyre proper is the lump of the peninsula south of Campbeltown, with the lighthouse at Machrihanish on its north west. I was in the vicinity of the lighthouse so I pulled onto the shoulder of the road to ponder my situation. The rock runs north-south, with a split through the middle and the lighthouse on the larger, southern part of the rock. He and Marquis did a lot together, fixing broken pipes, mending the dock, and selling the lighthouse and fishing boat. When night falls, the lighthouse and its embracing beacon draw the eye, flashing every five seconds as its loom bounces over the waves. The rain beat down on the lighthouse, the beacon of which barely managed to pierce the fog. Jon thinks he is the loneliest boy in the world, with nothing to do but watch the lighthouse beacon. He flees to an abandoned lighthouse with the hopes of starting over, creating his own self-made, independent, and organic society. Here, Bruegel depicted a four-master and two three-masters anchored near a fortified island capped by a lighthouse. Pass a radio mast and follow the track that services it back to the lighthouse car park. Show More Sentences It is a neutron star spinning just under 100 times per second and emitting regular radio pulses like a lighthouse beam. In the distance, straight ahead off the bow, I could see the loom of the green five-second light of the Block Island lighthouse. You may observe the glow or loom of the lighthouse before you see the light of the lighthouse's lantern. One mile south of the lighthouse is Oregon's only sea-lion rookery home to many California and Steller sea lions. The boat was a lightship, essentially a lighthouse on a ship, a ship with a lighthouse stuck in the middle of it. Like other lighthouse keepers, his function was to keep the lights burning. The uncompromising lives of service lived by lonely lighthouse keepers possess a special dignity. Boarding up the lighthouse, he moved his family and belongings into a new light station at the bottom of the hill. And because of dangerous sailing conditions and flat coastline in the region, the construction of a lighthouse was necessary. Tom is the lighthouse keeper on a tiny chunk of rock, nearly 100 miles off the Australian coast. Passengers alighting taxis at the transport hub exited through the bus depot entrance near the lighthouse. Ships were wrecked off Bishop Rock until 1847, when Trinity House decided to erect a lighthouse. Jay found the sovereigns, either in the lighthouse or in the garden, and he buried or reburied them in the garden. He was getting winded, and Liz kept moving faster in her excitement at seeing the lighthouse. Many of the lighthouse keepers attended, as did their families and it was a great afternoon of reminiscing. The Richards took over the Taranaki lighthouse in 1976 when previous keeper Charlie Mallowes died from a heart attack. Each is architecturally different, from a Cape Cod cottage, to an A-frame chateau, to a lighthouse look-alike. When conditions are good I like to make a day of it, mooring the boat in front of the lighthouse and climbing ashore with a picnic or even a barbecue between dives. He will take them into the lighthouse and up the spiral staircase to the top, which affords a spectacular view of the Arabian Sea. But Haifa has always been a lighthouse of Jewish-Arab coexistence, and a model of inclusive civil society. Show More Sentences There are seven lighthouse keepers on Pengchia, with one acting as the chief, four as regular keepers and the remaining two serving on a rotational basis. Today, it seems, the people of Terence Bay have won back the right to visit their local lighthouse, which the Coast Guard still maintains as an active aid to navigation. The proposed aerial will stick out for 1.5 metres alongside the lower walkway railings below the lighthouse lantern, and has two antennae of nearly a metre each. In the years since then, the Park Service has continued to keep the old lighthouse in operating condition in case its unromantic replacement ever breaks down. Hill dropped out of art school in Dundee to become a lighthouse keeper. Paddy was a lighthouse keeper at the Fastnet, like his father. Later the pulsating lights of a lighthouse and a lightship played a part. Every British lighthouse doesn't just flash to warn ships of hazards, but also has its own flashing pattern which allows mariners to locate their position. The loom of the lighthouse flashed across the sky. The waves moved back and forth across the jagged rocks, gradually becoming larger and more menacing. The gorgeous rota looks like an alien lighthouse, with silvery lights spinning out of its core. A squadron of pelicans scuds toward the distant white lighthouse. From these homes one can see the lighthouse, the jetty, some small islands, but nothing more. To the lighthouse By Virgina Woolf The Ramsays are having a house party at the beach! Her Mrs. Dalloway, To the lighthouse, and The Waves contain some of the best writing in any age. The big shock last summer was the traffic circle and miniature lighthouse, built at the end of the strip of shops and restaurants along this road. Sitting almost on Portland Bill Branscombe Lodge Cottage is peacefully situated up a quiet track and offers spectacular views from the lighthouse tower. When like me you have chosen the tough and rugged regime of living in a lighthouse for two nights, you will know that getting your daily victuals can be a demanding task. The lighthouse is just as beautiful inside as out, lined with clear blue opaline tiles that would grace an eastern palace, and with a handsome open staircase. Later that evening we watch a magnificent sunset up at the lighthouse. After weeks without proper rest, the Needles lighthouse was mistaken for a pilot light and the Irex sailed into the since-named Irex Rock in Scratchell's Bay. Show More Sentences So as the star spins around, the beams regularly sweep across earthbound telescopes, much the way a lighthouse beam regularly skims across a coastline. The lighthouse is 45 metres tall, and the crystal panels which are part of its illumination system were brought from France. The island is open to the public from April to September, as is the lighthouse, by appointment. In between lies a desert landscape with a charming lighthouse, windmills, towering cacti and twisted divi-divi trees. Show-off Shaun Mills left his friends in fear for their lives by doing handbrake turns in a lighthouse car park. Faraday School is located on Trinity Buoy Wharf where his workshop still stands above the Chain and Buoy Store, next to London's only lighthouse. The current North Lundy and South Lundy lighthouses were built in 1897 at the extremities of the island to replace the old lighthouse. The RNLI New Brighton's hovercraft, H-007 Samburgh, was launched after the three became stranded near to Leasowe lighthouse. The large concrete structures immediately to the south of the lighthouse provided the keepers with fresh water. Prior to automation, the lighthouse was built with accommodation for four keepers and their families. Trinity House, the lighthouse authority for England and Wales, has a lighthouse on the tip of the peninsula. And the power of the waves was demonstrated on Fair Isle in Shetland, where a wall at the 120-year-old lighthouse was swept away. It was replaced in 1844 with a metal pile lighthouse, bearing a white light, put up by order of the Corporation of Trinity House. A smaller lighthouse at Dover, England also exists as a ruin about half the height of the original. Whilst in service, the lighthouse was painted with red and white stripes, and had a red lantern housing. A lighthouse was built at Cairn point in 1847 at the northern end of the village of Cairnryan. A mile or so down the beach from the lighthouse I stopped by a big rock and told Nicky to pop a squat. She sat in total silence. One popular cruise is from Caletilla Beach to Roqueta Island, which has places to snorkel, have lunch, and a lighthouse. The one located in the Chilean Navy Station is the more accessible and visited, and is commonly referred to as the Cape Horn lighthouse. In navigational applications, RDF signals are provided in the form of radio beacons, the radio version of a lighthouse. Show More Sentences The Pharos of Meloria is often considered the first lighthouse in Europe since Roman times. It features the medieval Hook Head lighthouse and the historic townland of Loftus Hall. In 1866 the Hodbarrow Mining Company built a lighthouse on Hodbarrow Point to guide ships to its dock. When the company built a seawall in 1905 to protect its mineworkings, it established a new lighthouse on the wall and abandoned the old one. The Pharos is the only functioning lighthouse in the United Kingdom built in the middle of the street. Its location across the street from the lighthouse made it easy for Hemingway to find after a long night of drinking. The silver shikhara of the Eklingji Temple shone like the beam from a lighthouse. Other interesting artifacts that will be on exhibit include the fourth-order Fresnel lens from the Ship Island lighthouse. William Crispe of Bristol submitted a proposal to build a lighthouse at his own expense. The Coast Guard's push to rid itself of the buildings or replace Fresnel lenses is worrisome to lighthouse enthusiasts. Although the lighthouse itself is only 9 meters high, it is situated 76 meters above sea level. It came floating like a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead. Catherine's point is often foggy, so it is not the best location for a lighthouse, but as a weather station the location is fairly suitable. Fires were lit in the lighthouse tower to warn ships at sea of the presence of the coast. He was ordered, on pain of excommunication, to make amends by building this lighthouse. Back in the comfort of Landward cottage, it's the kind of stormy, authentic lighthouse keeper experience you'd expect. The message was received by the radio operator of the South Foreland lighthouse, who summoned the aid of the Ramsgate lifeboat. A lighthouse is the classic example of a public good because it is difficult to prevent a ship from using it. A tunnel leads to a searchlight emplacement with good views towards the Needles lighthouse. It was superseded in 1911 by the Peninnis Lighthouse and St Agnes lighthouse now serves as a daymark for shipping. Show More Sentences The first section of lighthouse cracked while it was being built and had to be discarded. The Commissioners of Irish Lights decided in 1960 to erect a reinforced concrete lighthouse with helicopter landing pad on top. A plaque records the original construction by Captains Hugh Hill and Simon Bayly, builders of the 1676 Lowestoft lighthouse. Angus Hutchison was in charge of Fair Isle South until 1998 when it became the last lighthouse to be automated. An attempt to build a lighthouse in 1842 was abandoned because of destruction caused by severe weather. The 14 metre metal tower lighthouse on Peninnis Head was built in 1911 as a replacement for the 1680 lighthouse in the centre of St Agnes. This port was constructed in a semicircle with two moles and a lighthouse at its mouth. Cape Cod also generated a distinctive Cape style house and Cape lighthouse. This came to be known as a Cape Cod style lighthouse, yet today, the only fully intact specimens are on the west coast of the United States. The current lighthouse is on South Stack on the other side of Holyhead Mountain and is open to the public. He also served on Skule Skerry, off Orkney, the most isolated manned lighthouse in Europe. Dubh Artach lighthouse is located on a remote rock and warns seafarers away from the area itself and the nearby Torran Rocks. There is a lighthouse of the Brazilian Navy that has been in operation and maintained since the 1960s, at the Northern end of Farol Bay. The port is protected by a long breakwater built in the 19th century, at the end of which is a red and white lighthouse. Built between 1807 and 1810, the lighthouse stands at 35m high and the light can be seen up to 35 statute miles inland. Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep. It used to be the northernmost inhabited island, but forfeited that accolade when the lighthouse was automated and the last residents moved out. Tripoli is the lighthouse of national belonging, and has been suffering decades of neglection. The French also built the Louisbourg Lighthouse in 1734, the first lighthouse in Canada and one of the first in North America. The island became completely uninhabited by 1980 with the automation of the lighthouse. Show More Sentences Dennis Head, in the northeast of the island, is home to an historic lighthouse known as the Old Beacon. The plot centres on the Ramsay family's anticipation of and reflection upon a visit to a lighthouse and the connected familial tensions. A short, bouncy panga ride around the Punta Allen lighthouse and a turn north put us under a long lee shoreline. It is now home to a small Spanish Naval garrison and an automated lighthouse. By day, the Europeans refortify their lighthouse and alternatively mistreat and fornicate with a female slave of the marine species, named Aneris. The lightvessel was removed on 9 November 1965 and the new lighthouse replaced it, operating at between two and three million candlepowers, depending on visibility conditions. It is home to a small Spanish Navy garrison and an automated lighthouse. Although the lighthouse is automated, the site is still manned. When foggy, visibility is so slim that one cannot even view the lighthouse from the top of the approximately 300 steps necessary to walk down to reach it. Britain reasserted its ownership in 1857 and erected a lighthouse there in 1861, using it to command the Red Sea and the trade routes through the Suez Canal. The second telescopic lighthouse was completed, towed to its station, extended to its full height and installed in 1965, with a projected lifetime of 75 years. After the death of his wife, a lighthouse keeper is left to raise his two young children, one of whom, the mute six-year-old Saoirse, is able to shape-shift into a seal. The lighthouse now plays host to a museum and a small rustic restaurant. Here we climbed the 219 winding steps of the lighthouse that was engineered to stay upright in the sandy soil and shoot a beam of light out to sea. So, the sum of it all for lighthouse lovers and loathers alike? As a result of this incident, the first lighthouse on Wight was built at Chale, the St Catherine's Oratory, where the lord's family paid for a light and prayers for his soul. The rocks and lighthouse have become icons of the Isle of Wight, often photographed by visitors, and are featured on many of the souvenirs sold throughout the island. The lighthouse was automated on 7 April 1992, and the keepers came ashore. From 1851, Chance Brothers became a major lighthouse engineering company, producing optical components, machinery, and other equipment for lighthouses around the world. The crest was a lighthouse, and the motto Jure et justitia valemus. Show More Sentences The Pharos lighthouse was destroyed by an earthquake in the 14th century, making it the second longest surviving ancient wonder, after the Great Pyramid of Giza. The lighthouse is now maintained by Trinity House via its local lighthouse attendant, George Shiel, who provides guided tours inside the lighthouse. These include a lighthouse, a castle and a Victorian mansion. The Alte Weser lighthouse marks the northernmost point of the Weser. A lighthouse crowns a lofty cliff on the north-east extremity, and though of doubtful value as a sealight forms a good mark for entering Clew Bay. The Reserve includes a visitor centre at Burrafirth, in the old lighthouse shore station, as well as a boardwalk that extends out onto the moorland. Like many old sea dogs, however, he couldn't let go of the sea altogether, and when he retired he worked as lighthouse man at South Gare with Messrs Deering and Fox. The island's most notable landmark is its lighthouse, which has been converted into living accommodation and the tower no longer contains a light. A statue of the Skerryvore lighthouse is present on the site. The remains of this can be still seen, but it was abandoned in 1971 and the lighthouse now uses a discharge bulb fed from the island's main supply. Automated weather observations are now taken at the lighthouse. It can get very foggy and windy during certain parts of the year at the lighthouse, and to be effective, the lighthouse had to be situated below the characteristic high fog. Owing to the ongoing complaints about the difficulty of sighting the light in fog, the lighthouse was abandoned in 1897 when the North and South Lundy lighthouses were built. Examples from Classical Literature The nearest town to the lighthouse is that of Aberbrothock, or arbroath, in Forfarshire, about eleven miles distant. At that time a new lighthouse of the screw pile type was built two and one-half miles offshore from Smith Point. On June 6, 1862, this light was also introduced into the lighthouse at dungeness, England. Pete had meant to take off his stocking cap as they passed the lighthouse, and to dash the tears from his eyes like a man. It was just time for the lamp in the lighthouse to be lit, and Hetty was watching for it. His first idea had been to visit the lighthouse, his next to walk to the village. A lightship is as peaceful and immobile as the granite blockstones of a lighthouse. Finding who they were, he invited them to bring their luncheon and row over to little gull Island with him, to see the lighthouse. Here was the lighthouse, and here the two embracing arms of the wickerwork pier. The one of real service was the Pharos, or lighthouse, at Alexandria, Egypt. On our left lay the two islands, Rodonda and raza, on the latter of which is situated a lighthouse. The skies are sketchily drawn, but the waves look choppy in the drawings as the children go to the lighthouse. An hour after, the Henrietta passed the lighthouse which marks the entrance of the Hudson, turned the point of Sandy Hook, and put to sea. They had left the Ile Ratonneau, where the lighthouse stood, on the right, and were now opposite the Point des Catalans. Phare is from the island of Pharos where there was a famous lighthouse. The 120-year iconic seascape view of Whitley Bay lighthouse could soon be a thing of the past. They sent their revenue cutters and dispatch boots and lighthouse tenders, and they sent their last antiquated cruisers and battleships. I could make out the Selby Smelter on the Contra Costa shore and the Mare Island lighthouse. Sophi's a widow from Boston, and she ain't never seen a lighthouse afore. The frontispiece was a photograph of Captain Jim himself, standing at the door of the lighthouse, looking across the gulf. Show More Sentences Therefore Sostratus of Cnidus built a large lighthouse around 280 BC on the islet of Pharos in front of the port. It is now a charity-school, a lighthouse, and a life-saving station. Maype you prink it back und anchor it off der lighthouse, hey? The third keeper of the lighthouse is a quadruped called Tricky. X 88 drunkard, lighthouse and procurer, works for X 34 at this address. The longship's lighthouse stood up, a grey shadow in a grey scene. Perambulate along the cliffs near Strumble Head lighthouse and you should witness seals, and possibly dolphin and porpoise. They had reached Europa Point, the outermost lighthouse of the promontory. On the near side, the seawall makes an elbow crooked inversely, and its end too has a lighthouse. The lighthouse was a white dot and the fish shanties a blotch of brown. The red light burns steadily all the evening in the lighthouse on the margin of the tide of busy life. They named their company after the Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Leslie seemed always to enjoy those lighthouse carousals very much, and bloomed out for the time being into ready wit and beautiful laughter, or glowing-eyed silence. Big Fish has revamped the clotted cream brand's packaging to now feature a milk maid surrounded by Cornish imagery including choughs, waves, a lighthouse and fishing boats. Anne and Gilbert found Uncle Jim sitting on a bench outside the lighthouse, putting the finishing touches to a wonderful, full-rigged, toy schooner. Built upon a dismal reef of sunken rocks, some league or so from shore, on which the waters chafed and dashed, the wild year through, there stood a solitary lighthouse. When the rain came with it and dashed against the windows, I thought, raising my eyes to them as they rocked, that I might have fancied myself in a storm-beaten lighthouse. Find more words! 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