Sentence examples for over a lamp from inspiring English sources

The raw opium was first heated over a lamp so it took on a treacly consistency.

I grew up at 218 Smith Street, in a walk-up over a lamp store.

The reason: Regular LCD sets create black by closing off a crystal, but light can still leak through — think of a cloth draped over a lamp.

He went back to bed but was soon awakened again, this time when an 8-by-3-foot section of plaster fell from his ceiling, gashing his forehead, knocking over a lamp and scattering dust and debris.

So while Troy was burned to the ground by ancient Greek soldiers, on Discworld the city of Tsort is destroyed when the accident-prone wizard Rincewind knocks over a lamp by mistake.

These were then teazed out on a slip of glass and thoroughly dried over a lamp, and it was found that many of them had become twisted on their axes; and, which is important, that they were all twisted in the same direction as the fruit itself.

You knock over an expensive lamp, for instance, or drink a forbidden bottle of wine.

Simple actions like lighting a candle or a cigarette, or the accidental tipping over of a lamp, flicker with aesthetic importance.

During this activity, students graphed changes in temperature over time when placing a lamp over a square piece of colored felt.

A fuse that does not test to 120 volts or does not fully illuminate the lamp, is a likely candidate for replacement (meters are always preferred over test lamps as a lamp may not provide enough of a change in brilliance that can be detected by eye).

In 1997, a fire that apparently started when a lamp tipped over and ignited a bed destroyed all the belongings in Mr. Hampton's apartment.