How to Use lightning rod in a Sentence

lightning rod

noun

• Petty disputes also got in the way of the lightning rod.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2023
• The laser beam passes near the lightning rod on the Säntis Tower.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
• The death last month has been a lightning rod on issues of mental health, crime and race.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 June 2023
• The lighthouse has a lightning rod and was undamaged by the strike.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• All the ups and downs set the stage for Harrison, who has been a lightning rod all season.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2022
• But can a $2 million laser compete with a dirt-cheap lightning rod?
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 16 Jan. 2023
• Like a giant lightning rod, the tower gets hit with lightning more than 100 times a year.
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 16 Jan. 2023
• Part of the interest in this work is the tension between those shingles and the amber-glass orb on the lightning rod.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
• The movie had been in theaters for all of 24 hours — plenty of time to become a cultural lightning rod.
  — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
• Phillips has been a lightning rod for frustrated Bears fans.
  — Andrew Seligman, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022
• The tax provisions of the new law have been a lightning rod for conservatives.
  — Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• The Tower of the Americas pierces the San Antonio sky like a lightning rod.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2022
• There are standards that have to be followed by those installing lightning rods.
  — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Gilbert’s latest book comes as books have become a political lightning rod in the U.S. and around the world.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2023
• The seven-time All-Star point guard has become a lightning rod of sorts for his decision not to get the vaccine.
  — Tom Withers, ajc, 18 Jan. 2022
• Either way, Pink Tape will stand as a statement: a lightning rod, a litmus test, a turning point, maybe even a troll.
  — Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2023
• The argument reflects the complexities of this moment in time where the N-word is a lightning rod.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
• Jordan Poole remains a lightning rod when things go amiss for the Golden State Warriors.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023
• As for what made Nickelback such a lightning rod for people’s ire?
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 19 Mar. 2024
• There’s no word on whether fantasy lightning rod Tommy Pham approves, but Voit’s sense of humor made the trip to a new club.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022
• Where the saga will take us next, no one can say for certain — though political lightning rod Elon Musk may be pointing the way.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
• And like that lightning rod, the history and genesis of the Alamo City’s tallest structure and the visual focal point of the 1968 World’s Fair were at times volatile and highly charged.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2022
• This album is just such a lightning rod for discussion.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 6 June 2023
• The issue of short-term rentals has become a lightning rod in coastal communities.
  — oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2022
• Pioneered by Benjamin Franklin, the lightning rod works well to defend a building.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2023
• And in 2022, any of those pieces can suddenly erupt into a cultural lightning rod.
  — Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• Even a public tragedy like Uvalde hasn’t changed that in Texas, where guns remain a political lightning rod.
  — USA Today, 23 Mar. 2023
• But neither of them will be the lightning rod for controversy — and headlines — that McCain was.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2022
• Here’s a timeline of how Aldean has become country music’s lightning rod.
  — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
• That’s not what people rarely talk about with Reed, a Masters winner who is the sport’s unofficial lightning rod.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024