Sentence examples for are beacons from inspiring English sources
noun
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
There are beacons of progress.
Concerts, because they're festive or demanding, are beacons, lighting up the dark.
There are beacons of good practice, but there is plenty of darkness too.
Certain faces, when glimpsed in crowded rooms or public places, are beacons of reassurance, confirmations that your world is still on its axis.
The triggers for micro-location are beacons – or iBeacons in Apple speak – that broadcast a Bluetooth signal in a range between 5cm and 70m.
These are beacons of hope but the pace of change in establishing them as mainstream services is glacial rather than transformational.
Instead, among the top 100 are Beacon; New London, Conn.; Corning, N.Y.; and the Hamptons on Long Island.
Instead, the parks have been beacons for lucrative tourism.
We want our political leaders to be beacons of morality; better men than we.
"Universities should be beacons of good practice and catalysts for change.
These genes can be considered to be "beacons" that point to pathways or gene networks that are altered.
