strobe light

noun

: strobe

Examples of strobe light in a Sentence

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And lasting up to 40 minutes when activated, the alarm and strobe light’s battery life is impressive. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026 Every Tuesday night for 15 years now, lovers of Haitian culture gather under strobe lights at a Lower East Side rooftop lounge to dance to kompa music from a variety of DJs. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026 In 1995, when the ball got a glitzy update with rhinestones, strobe lights and computer controls, traditional signmakers were no longer needed — which meant that Artkraft Strauss, the company that had brought the ball to Times Square, was no longer needed either. Jack Guy, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025 Somewhere around the seventh inning, the gaggle of small children in the house conspired, without adult aid or input, to turn off the lights in a bedroom, plug in a strobe light, cue up a trance song on the speaker, and begin to mosh. Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for strobe light

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of strobe light was in 1947

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“Strobe light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strobe%20light. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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