Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodlights
Noun
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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
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By late afternoon, people tend to drift toward a neighbor’s backyard, someone lights the barbecue, and kids sort themselves into games of backyard cricket.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2026
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Turn the pool lights off at night.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Noun
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First-graders painted paper lanterns and used a table saw to cut cardboard pieces into rings.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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The garden now also features more than 120 Japanese cherry blossoms, a Japanese-style gate and tea house, a moon bridge, lanterns, and several Japanese red maple trees.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Verb
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The speakeasy-style room glows with a gold-leaf ceiling, ochre velvet sofas, and an extravagant cocktail menu.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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His writing glows with his obvious love of plants and animals, not least his faithful dog, Roger.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The Greek patriarch will light candles and then the flame is passed from one candle to the next.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Footage of giant yellow black-eyed Susan flowers beams onto the wall from one projector, intersecting with video of swaying plants from another.—
Solvej Schou,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Einbinder looks lovingly over at her costar, who beams back at her.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
Noun
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There are chandeliers with Asfour crystal.—
Jayne Yutig,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2026
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And regular Kate Moss’s turn on the decks one memorable, and debauched, night in 2015 had revelers literally swinging from the chandeliers.—
Nick Scott,
Robb Report,
13 June 2026
Verb
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What begins as a race to the Moon becomes a mirror of our current, precarious era, just as a new global space race ignites.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Without understanding people’s complex emotions and social responsibilities regarding illness and death, emergency responses overlook a crucial part of how a disease outbreak ignites and spreads.—
Katherine Marshall,
STAT,
12 June 2026
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“Floodlights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodlights. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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