streetlight

noun

street·light ˈstrēt-ˌlīt

: a light usually mounted on a pole and constituting one of a series spaced at intervals along a public street or highway

called also streetlamp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Clarendon Hills Hit-and-Run A driver agreed to pay for the replacement cost of a streetlight after striking it with his vehicle and knocking it over about 3:30 p.m. March 10 on the first block of South Prospect Avenue. —

Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023 As McBride paced up and down a street in L.A., someone in a Jeep drove up, tied the dogs to a streetlight and took off. —

Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023 Like bugs to a streetlight, they’re drawn in from far off paths. —

Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2017 Many flit around the larger members like moths around a streetlight. —

Richard Talcott, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2020 Examples of how the streetlight effect sends studies off track are ubiquitous. —

David H. Freedman, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010 Later that evening, Rabbi Myers stood outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the glow of a streetlight and ushered in Hanukkah with a brief candle-lighting ceremony. —

Kris Maher, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2022 As a result, any male blue tit--even a young and scrawny fellow--that lives within 50 feet of a streetlight gets about twice as much extramarital action, and has more offspring than male tits that live in other parts of the neighborhood. —

Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2010 YouTube When a streetlight ripped open the Barney balloon in 1997, police swarmed the scene and proceeded to stab the character with knives to deflate it safely. —

Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022 See More

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