How do you use Lamplighter in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like worker, plus the exact meaning.
Lamplighter meaning
- A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
- Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end.
- A kind of tall bicycle.
Synonyms of Lamplighter
Using Lamplighter
- The main meaning on this page is: A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn. | Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end. | A kind of tall bicycle.
- Useful related words include: worker.
- In the example corpus, lamplighter often appears in combinations such as: and lamplighter, that lamplighter, lamplighter was.
Context around Lamplighter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lamplighter
- In this selection, "lamplighter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, village, infuriated, show, shawn, isn and appears stand out and add context to how "lamplighter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 that lamplighter was actually and ashmore s lamplighter is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lamplighter" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lamplighter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Butcher's audacity to challenge the Seven infuriated Lamplighter. (9 words)
The streetlights were lit at night by the village lamplighter. (10 words)
Compound V-powered Lamplighter appears to possess the same limitations in terms of superpowers. (14 words)
Additionally, the season will see the arrival of new Supes like Stormfront (Aya Cash) and Lamplighter (Shawn Ashmore), who was previously a part of the Seven. has a lot of major developments on the way, so fans better hold on tight. (41 words)
In Episode 7, "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker," Hughie is tasked to babysit Lamplighter as the rest of the group works with Congresswoman Neuman and Mallory to go over the former member of the Seven's credibility as a witness. (39 words)
The film opens on Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda of fame), a lamplighter, and his musical number sets the mood even before the film’s title and functions as a true overture to the film’s delightful musical experience. (38 words)
Example sentences (13)
The streetlights were lit at night by the village lamplighter.
Additionally, the season will see the arrival of new Supes like Stormfront (Aya Cash) and Lamplighter (Shawn Ashmore), who was previously a part of the Seven. has a lot of major developments on the way, so fans better hold on tight.
Ashmore's Lamplighter is the complete opposite of Iceman, which brings an ironic twist to the series that has gained popularity thanks to its subversive take on the superhero genre.
Butcher's audacity to challenge the Seven infuriated Lamplighter.
But in the show, Lamplighter isn’t aware that the children are at Mallory’s house; he thinks he’s burning her alive.
Compound V-powered Lamplighter appears to possess the same limitations in terms of superpowers.
In Episode 7, "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker," Hughie is tasked to babysit Lamplighter as the rest of the group works with Congresswoman Neuman and Mallory to go over the former member of the Seven's credibility as a witness.
In order to survive the unhinged and newly freed prisoners, The Boys and Lamplighter team up to escape.
It is later revealed in Season 2 that Lamplighter was actually working at a psychiatric hospital where Vought International is testing Compound V on adult humans.
The older members of The Seven would rather not talk about him while Mallory, Butcher’s former CIA handler, says that Lamplighter killed her grandchildren before he disappeared.
Until his fall from grace, Lamplighter was embraced and adored by the masses, just like the rest of the Seven.
After the death of Michael's wife, Poppins - played by Emily Blunt - returns to help raise the new generation of Banks children, enlisting help from street lamplighter Jack (Miranda).
The film opens on Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda of fame), a lamplighter, and his musical number sets the mood even before the film’s title and functions as a true overture to the film’s delightful musical experience.
Common combinations with lamplighter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: