light a lamp

Examples (10)

• He carefully lights the oil lamp each evening.
• Could you please light the lamp? It's getting dark.
• She lit a small lamp to guide her way through the cellar.
• The old lighthouse keeper had to light the lamp manually every night.
• They decided to light several lamps for the festive gathering.
• Before electricity, people would light lamps with matches or a tinderbox.
• If the power fails, we will need to light the emergency lamp.
• A flickering flame indicated he had managed to light the lamp.
• He was in the process of lighting another lamp when the storm hit.
• The ceremony requires us to light this ancient lamp at dawn.