How to Use reflector in a Sentence

reflector

noun
  • Reflectors are placed along the lanes of the highway.
  • Bare walls and floors of stone or wood are all sound reflectors.
    — Jennifer Adams, Philly.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Ride a scooter a night with a front light and a red reflector to the rear.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The man wore a helmet and his bike had a flashing rear reflector.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • What are those big reflectors and cameras?
    — Pam Grady, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2017
  • Have a front light and red rear reflector when riding at night as required by law.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Sensors at road level shoot beams of light across the road, to a reflector.
    — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The rear reflector and other parts of the sled’s backend are crushed.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The soft light came from a white reflector bouncing sunlight.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • This has the five colors that every reflector has and can be folded up and put in a case.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 5 May 2021
  • Once dry, remove the reflectors from the mold and insert a screw eye into the top of each.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • There was a reflector on the back of the bike, authorities said.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Tie fishing line to the hooks and suspend the reflectors from a metal ring at varying heights.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The solar stove has folded reflectors that use the sun to generate heat when opened.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 15 July 2019
  • The reflector antenna was the most sensitive in the world at the time.
    — Julianne Pepitone, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Its burrow was flagged with a reflector so Hicks could put it back exactly where it had been found.
    — Elizabeth Miller/undark, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Steam, on the other hand, is an excellent reflector of light, so its plumes appear white.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 June 2023
  • There are also safety features, like a flag for biking and reflectors.
    — The Editors, Outside, 31 Dec. 2025
  • On the positive side, Botts’ Dots are great reflectors at night.
    — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2017
  • The event will discuss safety tips and hand out safety reflectors to keep children safe as the walk the streets in the evening hours.
    — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2019
  • It was butted against a massive slab of granite that grew out of the soil and provided a windbreak and heat reflector.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2019
  • The coolant in these designs also acts as a neutron reflector, sending neutrons back to the core.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
  • The hardware is just a reflector, and lasers beamed from Earth keep it operational.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
  • Then a small cap below the rear reflector has to be unfolded and slid into the saddle tube to secure the seat post.
    — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 29 July 2019
  • Biomass mission will send a 39-foot radar reflector into orbit to measure the state of our world’s forests.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The sound hit the parabolic reflector in the ceiling and bounced back down to the audience.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Basically, think of them like spidey bike reflectors scattered throughout a web.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Fishing shanties must have reflectors on each side so snowmobiles won't crash into them at dusk or during snowstorms.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Changes to the rear are more subtle, with Cadillac moving reflectors and reshaping the rear bumper.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The center of the raft, which was designed to hold eight people under an orange canopy with reflector strips, was filled with four feet of water.
    — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2020

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