How to Use flasher in a Sentence

flasher

noun
  • We noticed a car at the side of the road with its flashers on.
  • The new bus flasher light that zooms back and forth is a menace!
    oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Trollers are picking up a few trout with flashers and lures in the main body of the lake.
    Bee Staff, sacbee, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Best action has been for trollers using worms behind flashers.
    sacbee, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Trout are still deep, about 60 feet down but taken on flasher/lure combos.
    sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But many schools don’t even have the optional yellow flashers.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The truck was stopped along the curb with its flashers on as part of the carrier's postal route, police said.
    Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Many schools don’t even have the optional yellow flashers.
    Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Police located the car, which was parked on an overpass with its flashers on.
    Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.
    Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
  • The truck, facing north, was backing up and had his flashers on, Baylos said.
    Chris Haire, Orange County Register, 19 Apr. 2017
  • For every crotch-grabber, flasher and creep to make headlines, there are good men who don’t harass.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
  • For every crotch-grabber, flasher and creep to make headlines, there are good men who don't harass.
    Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Trolling has been slow, although some are getting action with flashers/nightcrawlers near the inlet.
    Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • The giant coho hit on a blue spoon trolled behind a blue flasher, and the fish hit while the lure was still on the surface.
    John Myers, Twin Cities, 11 June 2024
  • Pull off to the side of the road, put out an orange cone or flashers and, from a safe distance, point towards the highway.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Make your vehicle more visible by using the dome light and flashers.
    Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Keep your headlights on and turn on emergency flashers to alert other drivers.
    Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Using a jigging machine and flashers may improve your chances for kokanee.
    Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2017
  • Five minutes after the first drop of a jig, a flasher unit showed a red line come off the bottom 18 feet below.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Each of us used a flasher, an electronic unit that allows anglers to see their baits and fish in the water below.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Two men and two women were at the scene, with a delivery truck parked in the driveway with its emergency flashers on.
    Brian Lisik, cleveland.com, 10 June 2019
  • Her mom would drive down those country roads in front of Traska and her dogs with her flashers on, and her dad drove behind her in the dog truck.
    Joseph Robertia, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Keep an eye out for emergency vehicles — including tow trucks — that have their lights on as well as cars that have their flashers on.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Silver flashers do well in Summit, in addition to the standby jigs.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The caller said the vehicle had been in the location with its flashers on for several hours.
    Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Using the flasher felt like more of a test of my skill than the camera, but still, the fish don’t have a chance with that much technology on board.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Its flasher is loud enough to attract attention but subtle enough to still resemble something the pike wants to eat.
    Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2020
  • In Photinus consimilis, faster flashers are the stud muffins.
    Liz Langley, National Geographic, 2 July 2016
  • Anglers are advised to use jigging machines and flasher to help improve chances of hooking a kokanee.
    Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2017

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