How to Use flash in a Sentence

flash

1 of 2 verb

• A message flashed on the screen.
• Her eyes flashed with anger.
• A car was sitting on the side of the road with its lights flashing.
• The screen flashed a message in black letters.
• Cameras flashed as the celebrities passed.
• Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed.
• One of the women flashed a V sign, and the crowd erupted.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• Hill flashed a peace sign to the video before running off the field.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
• Soon enough, the film flashes forward to the summer of 1969, around the time of the moon landing.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
• Such receipt would cause the device to flash a light and buzz, pager-style.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 7 July 2023
• When the monologues ended, pictures of their sons flashed on the screen.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
• In the three-minute clip, Johnson speaks to fans while flashbacks of the group on tour and the band today flash across the screen.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
• The labor market flashed some warning signs at the end of last year.
  — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
• In the second week, a new prisoner brought in a watch that flashed the date and time.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
• In the months before the attacks, Suzanne Maloney and Marc Lynch saw the lights flashing red.
  — Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2023
• Hit one of the 12 private beaches guests have access to and flash your best smile.
  — Claire Stern, ELLE, 28 June 2023
• Technicolor lights flashed through a crack in the door.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• By the end of the film, Penn is speaking directly to the viewer in voiceover, as images flash on the screen.
  — Miriam Elder, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
• The panel will flash in the event more water is needed or if the ice basket is low.
  — Stacey Ritzen, Popular Science, 19 July 2023
• The pair flashed beaming smiles in the photo from November 2023.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
• After all, visions of a smile made of flashing metal may come to the mind’s eye.
  — cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• In the clip, the mother of four took a bite of a crunchy cookie and flashed an eye-catching mega diamond in the process.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• First, the team covered James' transplanted eye and flashed a light.
  — Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023
• On screen a photo of Johnson in that starry crowd flashed.
  — William Earl, Variety, 28 Jan. 2024
• Watts flashed a big grin as Vargas applied one of her products with a brush.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 7 Jan. 2024
• The trailer flashes a scene of Heidi wrestling Howie to keep him from reaching the button.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
• As Nicholson read the copy, pictures of her and her boyfriend Riley Nagel flashed on a screen behind her.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2023
• The lightning bolt flashes on stage, a floodlight prowls, the rainbow array of stage lights pulse.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• Heavy rain could lead to flash flooding in some locations.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• Chase wasn’t used to running on TV time or seeing the daylight hours and crew wages flash before his eyes.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024

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flash

2 of 2 noun

• A brilliant flash lit up the sky.
• The idea for the movie came to her in a flash of inspiration.
• They relied on gimmicks and flash to get people's attention.
• The advice wasn’t so much a panacea as a flash of hope.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 14 May 2023
• The lighting turned from a bright white to quick red flashes to show the chaos.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 10 Dec. 2023
• When he's been able to be on the field, he's showed flashes of promise.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2023
• The sign is covered in light-up snowflakes that shine bright with two modes: steady on or flash.
  — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2023
• But overall the severe risk is lower and the main threat is flash flooding due to the heavy rain.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
• The flash sale will start at 9 a.m. PST, you'll be given a spot in line, and be able to track your progress in real time.
  — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Nov. 2023
• The threat of heavy rain will also exist, but the speed of the system is likely to limit flash flooding.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• There's another flash and Hawk is taking a photo of Tim along the beach, years in the future.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 June 2023
• There was a flash, and the whoosh of several incoming shells sent the team diving into the mud.
  — Michael Schwirtz David Guttenfelder, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• The scallops went down cold, still dripping with bay water, a flash of buttery meat with a light taste of salt.
  — Christopher Maag, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
• Dressed in corduroy overalls and a white T-shirt, the toddler plays with a toy as a flash of his red hair can be seen under the hat.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
• Then Aaron Choate walks to the center of the stage, ponytail swinging, and arches under a spotlight topped with a strobe flash.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• The agent turned, and O’Leary got the crucial image, a harsh strobe of a flash catching the disgraced city leader as he was rushed into his house.
  — Natalia Jiménez-Stuard, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
• One of the two major explosions knocked out windows on the second floor of the building where the leak occurred and caused a flash fire, the fire chief said.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• The landscape simply doesn’t have time to absorb the deluge, leading to flash flooding.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• Even her navy blue skirt suit was a little bit special, with a small notch-collar lapel and the cuffs turned up to reveal a flash of white.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
• And yet, through his lens, these are remade, calling forth a metaphorical awakening—the heat and flash of the new.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
• Ditto with Gardeck, a special teams ace who has shown flashes as a pass rusher.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
• Still, flashes of Killers of the Flower Moon kept coming to me in the middle of Taylor’s performance.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
• Silencers attach to the end of the barrel of pistols and rifles and muffle the sound of gunshots, as well as mask muzzle flash.
  — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
• Real cannons were used, and the effects team added smoke and muzzle flashes.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• Heavy rainfall will be one of the storm’s most serious threats and could result in flash flooding and mudslides.
  — Jason Hanna, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• Heavy rains hit Northeast Ohio overnight, causing flash flooding throughout the area.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• In addition to the flash flooding, there is also a concern for severe storms.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 10 May 2023
• The eighth grader — whom friends and family call TO — appeared in the barbershop mirror in flashes as the chair swiveled.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• That’s not flash flooding hitting the Los Angeles area tonight: that’s the tunnel under Ocean Blvd.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
• Yes, indeed, in these days of flash over substance, where wild bat flips, 100-mph fastballs and smack talk will get you on video game covers, there is Gallen.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024