Examples of neon in a Sentence
Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
The red neon sign was in place over the entrance and the shelves were neatly stocked with wines, whiskeys and vodkas.
—Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is an absolute spectacle of neon extravagance and Max Verstappen has absolutely no interest in the excess and opulence weaved into Formula One’s first visit to Sin City in 41 years.
—Jenna Fryer, Fortune Europe, 17 Nov. 2023
She was last seen wearing a neon green Atlanta Braves jersey with red lettering, Levi’s jeans, and a leg brace.
—Kyani Reid, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
All the lights would go off and there'd be loads of neon, loud music and glow sticks.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
Eilish wore the scarf placed back at the crown of her hair so her neon red roots could peek out and get their well-deserved moment in the spotlight.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Nov. 2023
Even in the context of the pulsing neon goat rodeo of the Vegas Strip, this was a sensory assault.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2023
Helicopters could be heard overhead, and the bright neon lights lit up every inch of the stadium’s lot, but every person at the festival was locked in on the duo’s high-spirited stage presence and music.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
Hallie Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2022
Instead of a Torah ark, the crates face a pink-and-green neon sign: a cricket inside a heart.
—Anna Kordunsky, The New Yorker, 28 May 2020
On a normal night, storefronts light up the street with neon signs, beckoning customers with promises of trinkets or ice cold beer.
—Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2020
The building’s other neon sign is attached to the side and advertises the parking spaces.
—Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 8 May 2020
While Death Stranding might as well explain itself with giant neon signs, its themes and setting are eerily prescient right now.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2020
Piece by piece, the Prescott Valley Motel neon sign that glowed for decades was taken down by a crane this month, making way for a Circle K gas station to open where the motel once stood.
—Kimi Robinson, azcentral, 14 Apr. 2020
Mayor London Breed joined more than 400 people at Islais Creek Park in the morning and rallied the crowd in their neon orange vests.
—Lauren Hernández, SFChronicle.com, 21 Sep. 2019
Obviously enjoying Labor Day weekend, Kim also shared a photo of North hanging out with her friends, all of whom coordinated their looks by wearing neon outfits.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2019
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Word History
Noun
borrowed from Greek néon, neuter of néos "young, fresh, new" — more at new entry 1
Note: Name given to the gas by its discoverers, the British chemists William Ramsay (1852-1916) and Morris William Travers (1872-1961) in "On the Companion of Argon," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol. 63 (1898), p. 438. According to a later account by Travers, the Latin name novum, "new," for the gas was suggested by William Ramsay's 13-year old son, and rendered in Greek by Ramsay to match the names of other recently discovered gases (see Morris W. Travers, The Discovery of the Rare Gases, London, 1928, p. 96).
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“Neon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neon. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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