What is "searchlights"

Usage examples of "searchlights".

Of course there are stationary searchlights, such lights as are in lighthouses, that could beat mine all to pieces for candle power, and for long distance visibility.

But where are some of those powerful stationary searchlights you speak of?

He was shown the other submarine, for now that the Wonder had turned on several searchlights, there was no doubt as to the identity of the craft.

The searchlights trained on the target light half-blinded him and it took him a moment to notice that Eberly had climbed up the ladder from the ground.

Two miles ahead, the highway was illuminated by batteries of powerful lamps, and the surrounding trees and brush were swept by searchlights and torches.

Beyond the trees, searchlights illuminated an area close to the river.

The searchlights gleamed on their battle helmets and on the blades of the bayonets affixed to their rifle-like long-range blasters.

The line of midnight is now bisecting Europe: in the eastern Mediterranean a tiny, brilliant star is pulsing as some exuberant pleasure ship waves her searchlights to the sky.