floodlights 1 of 2

plural of floodlight

floodlights

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of floodlight

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodlights
Noun
  • Brumbelow has found that cars with headlights rated highly by IIHS for visibility—which includes many but not all LED headlights—have 19% fewer nighttime crashes compared to cars with poor headlight visibility.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ben Hania lights a connective fuse between documentary and drama, using the actual recordings of the panicked girl and the emergency workers — the latter played by actors who hold the screen with pulsing immediacy.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Everyone's got something that lights them up.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At the absolute highest energies, the Moon glows with a light all its own, powered by nuclear recoils, and irrespective of any light, or anything at all, emitted by the Sun.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For more of our favorite pieces in Pottery Barn’s outlet sale, check out our top picks below with everything from lanterns to outdoor rugs, bar stools, bird baths, and more.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Swift’s drink is served wrapped in steel wool, which the server ignites at the table, causing sparks to fly.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Directed by veteran action filmmaker Art Camacho, the film follows Tony (Foster), a former Marine trying to rebuild his life as a mechanic—until his brother (Collins) crosses the wrong people and ignites a violent chain of events.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The gleaming wood walls feature several large-scale paintings and massive gold, angular chandeliers that hang over the red-velvet and leather seating.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Its rooms and residences blend the building’s Art Deco aesthetic (terrazzo floors, crystal chandeliers) with modern comforts.
    Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Until November 2025, the exhibition L’art de faire mouche spotlights West African slingshots as unexpected works of art, blending function with sculpture, humor, and symbolism.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
  • What began as a series of spotlights developed into more consistent and expansive narratives.
    Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Floodlights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodlights. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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