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Recent Examples of floodlight
Noun
Johnson got up three times to turn on the floodlights and see if someone was out on the lawn. Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 New homeowners will appreciate this Ring video camera with floodlights, or these Kasa smart plugs that work via the brand’s app. Shalwah Evans, People.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
That year, the top 30 floors of the Empire State Building were floodlighted for the first time, to mark the opening of the New York World’s Fair in Queens. Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 July 2024 An intense 6000-lumen bulb and a wide-angle beam (320 degrees) make the Sansi floodlight the best outdoor lighting option for large yards, garages, staircases, and more. Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for floodlight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodlight
Noun
  • Remember, a tent offers no protection from lighting.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
  • McCarty is also in the process of getting LED lighting installed.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While there are a few common threads among all the Shabbat clubs in this story, like lighting candles and eating meals together, there are other elements that set each group apart.
    Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • There was a fire lit in the nursery, and the table was laid with three choices of cake.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In his flashlight beam, Carlson could see that his arrow was just barely holding the cat – with the arrowhead barely under its tough skin.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025
  • The supervisor, named Rick, legally purchased the weapon, an AR M-4 assault-style rifle with a scope and a barrel flashlight attached.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Flaky croissants warm in glowing bakeries, accordion notes drift through the air, and lovers linger by the Seine.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will glow orange, as well.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For all its darkness, Mujica Lainez’s Duke of Bomarzo is a lantern that illuminates the place and period that brought us modernity and, as such, our tenebrous but also brilliant little lives.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • View gallery - 4 images Rising out of the ground like strange oversized lanterns, Hatai is an eye-catching project centered around two towers.
    Adam Williams July 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • Rising above the tents and flags of surrounding Indy 500 revelers, orange man beaconed to all in the area.
    Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Gaston Lachaise’s stone carvings still beacon grandly from Sixth Avenue, Lee Lawrie’s Wisdom still watches over the plaza, and Atlas still carries the world on his back.
    Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Donning headlights, researchers checked the traps throughout the evening.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
  • In late June, DeMarco picked me up from the ferry terminal in a vintage Land Cruiser, its halogen headlights covered by yellow smiley faces.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And when the camera panned to him during commercial breaks, the husky locomotive struck a mean flex for the fans — the kind of pose that would’ve made Lex Luger beam with pride.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
  • During bustling evenings at Mean Mule Distilling Company, co-founder Jeff Evans would stand in the corner of the tasting room with his hands on his hips, beaming with joy.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2025

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“Floodlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodlight. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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