How to Use light in a Sentence

light

1 of 3 noun

• The landscape was bathed in light.
• The windows let fresh air and light into the room.
• The lights are on, so there must be somebody at home.
• The lights suddenly came on.
• The lights suddenly went out.
• The 36-year-old doesn’t look like the type to seek out the bright lights of showbiz.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2023
• The dimmable light can be set on a timer for added safety.
  — Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2024
• But as the stage lights came on and the music blared, there were no singers in sight.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Steffan Tubbs: This will all end, the lights will come down, the cameras leave.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
• Eggs help bind and lift the casserole for a light, set texture once baked.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
• The part the orchid sits in is made from clear glass, allowing light to absorb through the roots of the plant.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
• One way to scour the seabed is to send a robotic submersible down there with a light and a camera.
  — NBC News, 23 June 2023
• In this light, the space feels like a William Eggleston photograph come to life.
  — Nick Haramis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• This will allow enough light to reach the leaves but block the whitefly adults from reaching the plant to lay eggs.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
• The agency recommends finding a place with a clear view of the sky and far from bright lights.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Darkness came on very suddenly and lights flashed on over the city.
  — Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
• As the light catches the cholla needles, the cactus glows like a neon sign in Vegas.
  — Maggie Downs, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• The lights of the M.I.6 building were mirrored in the water, and traffic coursed across Vauxhall Bridge.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Attendees follow a string of lights alongside the brick house to the backyard.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2023
• Light Pineapples need six to eight hours of bright light each day to grow and produce flowers.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• Use it in light green in a sunroom for a bright touch of color, or try the dark plum in a bathroom for a moody moment.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2024
• Everything else can fail, your thrusters can go, your lights can go.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 June 2023
• The stage is set for the mother of all double features — light and dark, toys and boys, bombshell and bombshell.
  — Jason Frank, Vulture, 14 July 2023
• The lights of the town Christmas tree were turned off, replaced by flickering candles on the ground to honor the dead.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• Learning your child is on the spectrum is not a bad thing, nor should it be viewed in a negative light.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 July 2023
• Using lights and siren, the officer tried pulling alongside the driver to wave him over, then drove in front of the truck to try to stop him.
  — oregonlive, 11 June 2023
• The side panels are indented like the Lyriq, and the front and rear lights are almost identical as well.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
• The more frames per second required, the harder time a camera will have in lower light.
  — Andrew Williams, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2024
• These are the woods of divorce: the light at the exit is always moving, the darkness just gets deeper and deeper.
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024
• Strobe-like, the cruiser’s red, blue, and white flashing lights highlighted the poses.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023

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light

2 of 3 adjective

• Most of the stories shared by the panelists were on the lighter side.
  — Tony Holt, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
• Bellow knew just when to dive deep, and when to wield a light touch.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Aug. 2023
• It’s got some lighter moments, and that just felt right for us as a band.
  — Cam Lindsay, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
• Tomorrow, some help could come in the form of light rain in the morning.
  — NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Pro tip: use a weight that's five to 10 pounds lighter than your standard curl.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
• Patchy fog remains a concern, with very light winds from the south.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• And another trick was to add light weights to pull the outfit down.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• Each dimmable light strip stretches 5 feet and can be set to a timer to give them more or less time to move around the room.
  — Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• The slightly distressed leather boots are tough but light.
  — Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
• If the leaves are losing color, your plant needs more light.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023
• Otherwise, skies are mostly clear with lows in the 50s and light winds.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• Though composed of light, un-glossed paper, Nuts is the size of a small phonebook.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
• The true genius of this is when the light changes to green so the right turn can safely be made, the pedestrians now cross.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Their energy in the second half was like light years compared to the first half.
  — Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
• If a lighter shade is your goal, watch for green or gold undertones.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2023
• As for chunking, my 12-foot St. Croix Avid is light and handles up to 16 ounces.
  — Alberto Knie, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
• Breezes from the north and northwest finally trend light.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• The tiered skirt is light and airy for hot outdoor ceremonies, and the crochet bodice adds a beachy touch.
  — Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 18 May 2023
• There will be 65 kegs of ales on tap that range from light sour to heavily fruited.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023
• Some preferred a lighter touch, using a sparing splashh of print to add a kick to their outfits.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2024
• Then layer the rest of the ingredients with a light hand, following the recipe.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• With a lens that has an f2.8 aperture as well, low light conditions won’t stop you.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
• By the end of initially testing this product, our teeth were one to two shades lighter.
  — Jaylyn Pruitt, Health, 22 June 2023
• Matches and a lighter can help start fire to act as an emergency signal in times of need.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
• Her light brown bob haircut was tucked behind her ears.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 22 June 2023
• Crowds are lightest in the fall toward the tail end of hurricane season.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
• One of the studies found that between 9 and 15 percent of its weight would be these light elements.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
• Russell opted to pair the top with denim jeans in a light wash that are a bit baggy, but not too baggy.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Jan. 2024
• There was little movement in a light week of games, with only four top 25 teams losing.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
• The pupil is actually a hole through which light passes to the retina, the light-sensitive layer in the back part of the eye.
  — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023

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light

3 of 3 verb

• The man poured the liquid onto the front counter and lit it on fire, Pechin said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• The priest lights a fire and then spreads it to all in attendance.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• There’s also a small LED light that can help light your way in the dark.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
• The inside of the Taurus was faintly lit by the dashboard.
  — Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
• They were lit only by the faint glow of one streetlight.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• The red light lit the backboard’s perimeter while the ball was still in Smart’s hand.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023
• The first pitch lit the scoreboard radar gun up at 95 miles per hour.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 June 2023
• That’s the opposite of how to light things up as the show pushes its fourth hour.
  — Vulture, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Hoan was lit red in their honor behind a backdrop of firetrucks.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023
• The container is sturdy, but light enough to lift by the handle.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
• Space candles down the center of the table for even lighting.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
• The bar, which opened more than a week ago, is lit with dim lamps and flickering candles.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Emhoff also lit the national menorah for the first time the same year.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
• Brooklyn reads like an urban saga and is a great fit for lovers of urban lit!
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
• But Barnes said that as heavy snow draped the land around them, they were forced to burn dry sticks and light a fire inside their tent for warmth.
  — Eduardo Medina, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• For those approaching the building from the sky, the Flexjet logo, lit in red, is affixed to the rooftop.
  — cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
• To get there, one descended a dark staircase lit from both sides in neon red.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• Along the perimeters, homeless people camped and lighted fires to keep warm.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• During the Mass, eight candles were lit — each preceded by the reading of a name and the ringing of bells.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• Kolkata’s parks are now lit by solar lights, and the city is phasing in a plan for 1,200 electric buses.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• There were always cars on the road, and everywhere was paved and lit so brightly that the stars were hidden.
  — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• The boy allegedly lit the firework, setting fire to nearby brush, which the group tried to put out.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
• My suggestion would be to throw on a cozy robe, light your favorite candle, and cozy up with a good book.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
• There was even conversation about whether or not to light the menorah for all to see.
  — Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The house music cuts, banana-yellow spirals light the walls and whirl.
  — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 4 Apr. 2024
• Days later a small crowd lit an empty Waymo car on fire.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Hassan squatted and lit a cigarette, his eyes a bit red from a 6:30 a.m. wake-up.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• In some houses, when residents lit their stovetop, a ball of fire came out.
  — Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• This is everything holiday lovers need to know about the tree lighting from where to watch to how to visit, and more.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
• The match was lit between Charles and Camilla before his courting of Diana, with the pair dating in the early 1970s.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 6 May 2023

Last Updated: 9 May 2024