How to Use fluorescent in a Sentence

fluorescent

adjective
  • In a dark room, even fluorescent lights can help.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The fluorescent light is cold and leaves half of his face in darkness.
    — Matthew Chitwood, The New Republic, 15 June 2018
  • All our experts agree that fluorescent light works as a grow light.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
  • There were big fluorescent lights above the bed and the walls were painted a soft mint green.
    — Naz Riahi, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2020
  • My first skis, at age two, were Olin brand, a fluorescent coral pink.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Green fluorescent protein is at the top of that list.
    — Marc Zimmer, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Now, go forth and live your best selfie life and look great even in fluorescent lighting.
    — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 24 May 2018
  • The duo wore fluorescent safety vests and arranged cones around their work area.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The buzz of a fluorescent light in a gas station bathroom.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Her piano was lit up in fluorescent green, and both the walls and floor of the stage were colored to match.
    — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 6 Oct. 2019
  • The lighting in the long basement room is harsh and fluorescent.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Rocko has done up the floor with fluorescent yellow lane markings.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2017
  • His gaze sweeps over speckled linoleum floors and ceilings striped with fluorescent tubes.
    — Jonathan Kauffman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2019
  • There wasn’t the fluorescent glow of fast-food chains every three minutes.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • Where are the loading areas with the fluorescent signs of the first letter of my last name?
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • The light source is no longer a fluorescent tube but an LED.
    — Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 17 May 2026
  • The drapes were drawn, the room lit only by the ambient glare of fluorescent tubes.
    — Katrine Jo Andersen, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
  • The woman is lit up by the fluorescent lighting.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The split-level house had a game room loft, a fluorescent pink bathroom, and a swimming pool.
    — Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Her camera captured a swirl of fluorescent lights and tiles, and recorded her scream.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • His team shines a laser through a thumbnail-size hole in the eggshell and measures fluorescent signals from the blood cells.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 14 Aug. 2019
  • This fluorescent bat did not fly into bright yellow road paint or dive into a bowl of saffron.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 June 2026
  • At that time they were inspected by sight and with fluorescent dye used to find surface defects.
    — CBS News, 4 May 2018
  • These days, the lights on 42nd street are a fluorescent memory, but there is still hope.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 13 May 2020
  • The antibodies were tagged with a marker that glows when a fluorescent light shines on it.
    — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The decor is Spartan, mostly some fluorescent paint and black lights.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The changes in fluorescent signal tell us which specific base was used at each step and thus what the sequence is.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2018
  • To see the flu virus clearly, scientists often add fluorescent tags that made the virus glow.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The blue gown, fluorescent lights and IV taped to her arm were all familiar.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • An almost fluorescent sheen lined the crest of the breakwater.
    — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

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