Sentence examples for torch extinguished from inspiring English sources

Group stage football games – marked by easy victories for Brazil's men's and women's teams – whetted the appetite earlier in the week, but were overshadowed by a turbulent Olympic torch relay that saw the torch extinguished multiple times by protesters.

Not getting a rose is the equivalent of having your torch extinguished on "Survivor"; the women aren't voted off the island, but kicked out of what's called the Ladies Villa.

The current cover of the German magazine Spiegel shows a picture of the Statue of Liberty's torch, extinguished, under the headline, "The Price of Arrogance".

Trouble was, more used to floating weightless than trotting round a track, she tripped and dropped the torch, extinguishing the ceremonial flame.

Along the route, the torch was extinguished three times, although the flame was kept alight in a safety lantern.

NICK BUNKLEY LET THE SHOPPING BEGIN Olympics fans will miss their fix once the torch is extinguished Sunday in Beijing.

Many Olympic host cities -- even successful ones -- have struggled to make use of the vast stadiums and other facilities that remain after the Olympic torch is extinguished.

Passing through Paris under armed guard, the torch was extinguished several times, and police officers moved it aboard a bus to protect it as demonstrators swarmed the security detail.

About an hour or so into its journey, in front of the large France Télévisions building, the torch was extinguished, for 20 minutes - for "technical reasons", according to police - as it made one of several transfers on to a bus because of the sheer number of protesters.

Ovechkin still has neither, and the questions about how much pressure he would be facing in Sochi began shortly after the Olympic torch was extinguished in Vancouver, gaining frequency with each passing year, until by now, it is asked of him more or less daily.

After trouble in London involving attempts by protestors to put out the flame, the torch was extinguished in Paris the following day.