BEACON in a Sentence

Learn BEACON from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

14 example sentences for BEACON, such as:

1. saw the beacons blaze on the hills.
2. He was a a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
3. This is a beacon to help aircraft discover their position.
4. The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.
5. An air traffic manager reported to the Air Force that he had a signal from an emergency beacon.

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beacon
 n.  signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning
Classic Sentence:
1  Under the low red glare of sunset, the beacon, and the gibbet, and the mound of the Battery, and the opposite shore of the river, were plain, though all of a watery lead color.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
2  Let the wretched man who now addresses you, my dear Copperfield, be a beacon to you through life.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
3  The towering flames had now surmounted every obstruction, and rose to the evening skies one huge and burning beacon, seen far and wide through the adjacent country.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  Altogether the scene had much the appearance of a fortification upon which had been kindled a beacon fire.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
5  At seven o'clock in the evening all was ready, and at ten minutes past seven they doubled the lighthouse just as the beacon was kindled.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
6  The candle, whose ray had been my beacon, burnt on the table; and by its light an elderly woman, somewhat rough-looking, but scrupulously clean, like all about her, was knitting a stocking.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  So in this vale of Death, God girds us round; and over all our gloom, the sun of Righteousness still shines a beacon and a hope.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
8  And here, over the portals of my fort, I shall cut in the stone the word which is to be my beacon and my banner.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART TWELVE
9  saw the beacons blaze on the hills.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
Example Sentence:
1  An air traffic manager reported to the Air Force that he had a signal from an emergency beacon.
2  This is a beacon to help aircraft discover their position.
3  The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.
4  He was a a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
5  The Midvale Park neighborhood sparks up a million little beacons with its annual holiday lighting contest.