Definition of "torches" []

• Plural form of torch. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of torch. (verb)

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• "He went out and arranged for a dozen debutantes on Easter Sunday in 1929 to march down Fifth Avenue holding what he called their torches of freedom."
• "All of us, Canadians and Americans, have seen that opportunity and freedom are the twin torches which have attracted to our shores many people from the Old World."
• "Meanwhile Wallace, having recovered himself, just as the Scots brought in lighted torches from the lower apartments of the tower, saw Roger Kirkpatrick leaning sternly on his blood-dripping sword, and the young Edwin coming forward in garments too nearly the hue of his own."