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
  • The Pisces lunar eclipse on September 7 activates your fifth house of love, creativity, and pleasure, and should bring clarity around what (or who) truly lights you up.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Blass pours some coffee, lights a cigar, and selects his first pitch.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sitting at its closest point to Earth, Luna swells a little larger and glows a little louder, reminding us who the real main character is.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Despite its nocturnal state, the alien sphere still glows with auroras brighter than the Earth’s northern lights.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 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
  • Deutch and Tatro's joint post included a collection of Polaroids from the big moment, which featured a seaside proposal and plenty of lanterns lighting the couple's way.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Your animal friends will get tasty pumpkin treats and seasonal enrichment as jack o' lanterns become reefs for the underwater creatures.
    Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With the colonies on the brink of collapse, the Reverend George Whitefield ignites the first Great Awakening, uniting an entire generation with his thundering and faithful sermons and proclamations of liberty.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Aries Full Moon on the 6th energizes your expansion zone and ignites your sector of travel, publishing, spirituality, and belief systems.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The lobby’s living room, with sculptural chandeliers and circular couches, just might inspire a home makeover of your own.
    Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Dust chandeliers, sconces, and ceiling fan blades.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The cocktail menu spotlights spirits like tequila, mezcal, raicilla, cocuy and sotol and features cocktails like the Besame Mucho (mezcal, rose and strawberry) and the Reloj, which blends hoja santa and cucumber.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The addition of podcasters to THR’s prestigious Roundtable lineup spotlights the voices driving today’s audio renaissance and contemporary entertainment trends bringing podcasting into the heart of the awards conversation.
    THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Floodlights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodlights. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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