"portable" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- After about forty minutes Van Gelder moved up into the bows with a portable six-inch searchlight which, on such a clear night, had an effective range of over a mile.
- Instead, however, two helmeted soldiers appeared on the bridge with a portable searchlight, swivelled its beam down into the square.
- Even before the installation of the light towers in 1939, staging night boxing was easy because of the vastly smaller area that needed to be lit - portable searchlights did the trick.
- Palermo had six portable searchlights in position.
- A portable searchlight had its beam focused on the water.
- Men with guns and portable searchlights who would not hesitate to shoot.
- In any case, the rig is loaded with portable searchlights.
- One of the enlisted men in the prow of the boat operated a portable searchlight.
- Probing the fog with a portable searchlight, Saratov closed warily on the rocky coast at two knots.
- A portable searchlight winked on ahead, silhouetting scurrying Voion against a bluish haze as they rushed to form up a defensive line against the thunder of approaching attackers.
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