Examples of black light in a Sentence
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Some of my favorite keepers are from glass made with radioactive uranium, which glows under black light.
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Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Investigators then marked a case of these nails with a clear varnish that glows under an ultraviolet black light, court documents state.
—The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
His ideas went well with paisley prints, black lights, and sitars.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The festivities on Sunday will include a special banner hanging from the 24 palm trees in front of Oracle Park, the Ferry Building and Salesforce Tower dawned in orange and black lights, and the Oracle Park scoreboard commemorating 2.4.24.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
There was a shop called The Treasure Chest that sold incense, black light posters and other trippy knick-knacks — not unlike like Dadeland Mall’s The Barefoot Mailman.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
The decor is Spartan, mostly some fluorescent paint and black lights.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
The group took the picture at the edge of a large white tent with a chandelier hanging on the top and behind a black light post.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
Entire towns are getting into the spirit, Disney is aglow with orange and black lights, and a jack-o’-lantern named Lewis is absolutely dominating TikTok thanks to his non-threatening demeanor.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Investigators then marked a case of these nails with a clear varnish that glows under an ultraviolet black light, court documents state.
—The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
His ideas went well with paisley prints, black lights, and sitars.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The festivities on Sunday will include a special banner hanging from the 24 palm trees in front of Oracle Park, the Ferry Building and Salesforce Tower dawned in orange and black lights, and the Oracle Park scoreboard commemorating 2.4.24.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
There was a shop called The Treasure Chest that sold incense, black light posters and other trippy knick-knacks — not unlike like Dadeland Mall’s The Barefoot Mailman.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
The decor is Spartan, mostly some fluorescent paint and black lights.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
The group took the picture at the edge of a large white tent with a chandelier hanging on the top and behind a black light post.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
Entire towns are getting into the spirit, Disney is aglow with orange and black lights, and a jack-o’-lantern named Lewis is absolutely dominating TikTok thanks to his non-threatening demeanor.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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black light
noun
: invisible ultraviolet or infrared light
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