How to Use high beam in a Sentence

high beam

noun
  • The car's headlights were on high beam.
  • Turn off your high beams.
  • The actress’s enormous eyes serve as high beams that pierce through all the dirty chaos.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • Turn on high beams at night when there is no oncoming traffic.
    — Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • That way, this highest of all high beams can’t blind other drivers.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2015
  • At night, drive with headlights on high beam and watch for eyes reflecting the light.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 25 June 2018
  • That's why we're told to turn off our high beams, and to slow down instead, when driving through a dense fog.
    — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 12 May 2020
  • Use your high beams along dark roadways if there is no oncoming traffic.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The history is palpable in the knots of the old logs and high beams of the great room.
    — Sharyn Alden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • Use high beams to see farther, but not when there's oncoming traffic.
    — Fiza Pirani, ajc, 7 June 2018
  • Owen almost always awoke before the sun and was known for doing yard work by the high beams of his car.
    — courant.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Also much faster than a human could switch off an ordinary high beam headlight.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The headlight is excellent, wide and bright with a high beam that reaches farther out than most.
    — Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Before shooting, the gunmen flashed their high beams, parked their car and emerged from the vehicle.
    — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 15 June 2018
  • On the turn signal stalk, there’s a switch that turns my high beams on and off automatically.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • Another car with its high beams on pulled up behind them, according to police.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Check to make sure the air conditioning and the lights (especially the high beams) work well.
    — Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Some models even feature automatic high beams, fog lights, and a windshield wiper de-icer.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Dealers will inspect and repair or replace the high beam headlights, as necessary free of charge.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • State Farm, however, says flicking on the high beams may cause an animal to scurry away.
    — Gary Stoller, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Police observed Perez driving with his headlights on high beam and not dimming them as traffic passed.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The car flashed its high beams at him and the car was driving close to the edge of the roadway, according to the arrest affidavit.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
  • She was also cited for obstructing a crosswalk, driving left of center and failure to dim her high beams.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Fiber lasers are known for high beam quality and the ability to stand jarring movement during transport.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2019
  • One official likened diving in the Patapsco to driving in a snowstorm with high beams on.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
  • MacIver likens increasing eye size in the water to switching on high beams in the fog in an attempt to see farther ahead.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2017
  • For drivers desperate to keep them off car hoods, the large animals remain the primary reason to still use high beams.
    — George Mathis, AJC.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Off-road driving lights are typically activated by a separate switch and not linked to your high beams.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2017
  • Multiple readers noted that motorists in vehicles new and old drive around with their high beams constantly on.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
  • That car is even available with a US-legal version of Audi's clever laser high beam headlights.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 June 2019

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