How to Use floodlight in a Sentence

floodlight

noun
  • The yard was lit by floodlights.
  • And no, floodlights don't count.
    — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 15 June 2026
  • Shine the floodlights on the pieces of yourself that are painful.
    — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 19 Aug. 2017
  • Each match, played under floodlights at night, lasts three and a half hours.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
  • When setting up your outdoor space, a good floodlight is a must.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
  • And that everyone on it must bend to my will or get a floodlight in the face.
    — Carrie McCrossen, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • At night floodlights shine in to expose any would-be escapees.
    — Spencer Case, National Review, 20 Feb. 2020
  • But turning off the floodlights that lit the gallery for people to walk around in.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Two broken floodlights could be seen dangling from a wire in the back of the house.
    — Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Medics sat in a nearby tent as a few floodlights burned in the front chambers of the cave.
    — Tassanee Vejpongsa, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2018
  • On a recent evening, a padel club here was full, as friends played under floodlights.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • Turning on the hot floodlights would have risked cooking the birds and starting a fire.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Turning on the hot floodlights would have risked cooking the birds and starting a fire.
    — Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In his mind, the floodlights of a helicopter became stage lights.
    — Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Not too long after, their homes, too, would be targeted by floodlights.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The fighters are herded into a back room to warm up in the shadows of two floodlights.
    — John McCall, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 June 2018
  • Esplin said there is now a barricade and a floodlight at the manure pond on his dairy.
    — Audrey Dutton, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2017
  • Another detail noted that a floodlight on the back porch was out.
    — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • There was an unusual pause near the end of the match when a floodlight failed and the players left the field for bad light.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • The way your muscles glistened in the border floodlights was just sooooo amazing.
    — Sarah Bichsel, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2017
  • At half-time of the friendly match against Portugal, the main floodlights went off.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Keep an eye on your driveway and garage with this high-tech floodlight camera system from Ring.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The lightning bolt flashes on stage, a floodlight prowls, the rainbow array of stage lights pulse.
    — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The motion-detecting floodlights can be triggered by sound as well.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The lights were simply the stadium floodlights.
    — Air Mail, 30 May 2026
  • Arlo’s Pro 3 is the first wire-free floodlight camera on the market.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The big vessel circled the small junk for about an hour before turning on the floodlight and speaker again.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Under floodlights, a tugboat docks and picks up dozens of evacuees from a quiet street near the busy jetty.
    — Larry Madowo, CNN, 1 May 2023
  • Here are three things to think about before buying an LED floodlight.
    — Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Doors have been outfitted with new locks and 300-watt floodlights are in the parking lot.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023

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