gaslight

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Recent Examples of gaslight At night, when the semaphore arms weren’t visible, red and green gaslights signaled stop and go. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024 Deep shadows and low gaslights create a mysterious atmosphere which, alongside the characters’ black trench coats and low-brimmed hats, turn this historical piece into a thrilling neo-noir. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024 Buildings, trees, gaslights, fences and church steeples were covered by snow. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024 But these images are also stagy and contrived, as if his birds are players on a stage, dramatically illuminated in the glow of gaslight. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for gaslight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaslight
Noun
  • Customers can wrap the truck’s exterior paneling in a color or print of their choosing, as well as customize lighting and tires, and even convert the two-passenger flat bed truck into a 5-person SUV.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Candleholders and a modern candelabra lamp that reinterpret the Swedish tradition of lighting windows during the darker months.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 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
Noun
  • The streetlight was installed in the past several weeks on the northeast corner of La Jolla Shores Drive and Calle Corta, city spokesman Anthony Santacroce said.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The broken streetlights that illuminate the parking lot have been repaired, and a new gate has been installed that can be locked at night, thanks to funding Cessna secured last year through the city’s Public Improvements Advisory Committee process.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The candle has four slow-burning wicks, is filled with a paraffin and soy wax blend, and burns for up to 22 hours.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, Will — played with a jagged sensitivity by Paul Mescal, making the most of his sad-eyed charisma and physical presence — is a guy who feels more at home at a desk, with only a candle to light his way through the treacherous creative process.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • One of the new additions to the lobby is a replica of a 1925 chandelier, recreated by artisans from photos that were discovered of the original ornate light fixture.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The swim benefits the lighthouse’s ongoing preservation.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Just as a lighthouse’s beam testifies to the presence of otherwise-invisible cliffs on a dark night, the stars that move around these dark celestial bodies would reveal their existence.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The sun was getting ready to rise over a rural lake in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, when a sheriff's deputy shined his flashlight inside Ryan Borgwardt's minivan parked just yards away from the water's edge.
    Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Another shopper mentioned using one as a magnetic flashlight during car repairs, snapping to metal on the car’s chassis for hands-free illumination right where it’s needed.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Candleholders and a modern candelabra lamp that reinterpret the Swedish tradition of lighting windows during the darker months.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ensconced in a historic palazzo in the city’s San Frediano neighborhood—long a haven for artisans—Moleria Locchi earned its reputation in the 1800s for painstakingly restoring glass and crystal treasures ranging from antique goblets to Murano candelabras.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Gaslight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaslight. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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