How to Use running light in a Sentence

running light

noun
  • Keep your running light-hearted and fun, yet go after big goals.
    — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2019
  • And running lights on the floor were added to guide passengers to all exits.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Wing-like daytime running lights run from the fenders inboard above slim headlights.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Look at the decisions to run light rail to Almaden and Vasona.
    — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 14 July 2019
  • Metro cannot run light-rail trains with more than three cars because the platforms aren’t long enough and the overhead power systems aren’t robust enough.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The notice was issued to warn vessels in the region that the spy ship could sail without running lights or fail to respond to radio calls.
    — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Those with discerning eyes will note the model wears a fresh front fascia with new LED running lights.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Vanessa Pearson designed the lights and sound, with Avry Diaz running lights and sound tech at each performance.
    — Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2019
  • DeWille got into concert lighting after running lights for some ballet recitals, before moving on to local rock shows.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 28 July 2019
  • Safety regulations were made as a result of the tragedy, including smoke detectors in the lavatory and running lights on the floors.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2026
  • No media outlet reports that a pickup that got T-boned was a dark color or that a motorcycle didn’t have its daytime running lights on at the time of a crash.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The headlights are now linked by a light bar that connected the daytime running lights, and the taillights feature a new LED design as well.
    — Car and Driver, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Fashionably jewel-like LED headlights, daytime running lights and taillights add bling.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2018
  • The exterior design features stacked headlights and distinctive daytime running lights in what Kia calls its ‘star map’ design.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Automatic on/off headlights with automatic high beams and daytime running lights worked with the rain-sensing wipers, turning on when the wipers were activated.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Growing awareness of those dangers is casting a spotlight on intersections in America where the number of cars and trucks running lights is highest.
    — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The brake cooling system has been integrated into the headlight design, with intakes under the daytime running light channeling cool air into the wheel wells.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 24 June 2021
  • Other changes include newly standard LED taillights and daytime running lights and rain-sensing windshield wipers.
    — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Cadillac leaves space up front for vertical daytime running light blades and LEDs that will animate when easing to a stop and departing from a standstill.
    — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The Equinox also gets separate LED headlights and daytime running lights that contribute to that more aggressive look.
    — Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver, 6 Feb. 2020
  • More adventurous than the Solterra, the Uncharted wears a thin line across the nose that tethers its LED running lights to its logo.
    — Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Blind-spot warning and rear cross-traffic alert Trailer light check enables the driver, using the key fob, to verify that running lights, turn signals and brake lights are operating as intended.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The chunky look is amplified by bulky fender cladding that extends to the headlamps in the front—those thin, upper strip lamps are LED running lights—and to the turn-signal and reverse lamps in the back.
    — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2018
  • High-intensity-discharge headlights with automatic high beams are included at this level along with LED daytime running lights.
    — G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 7 July 2018
  • Harris also said running light rail west to Charlotte Douglas - which could help the River District development as well - should be a priority.
    — Ely Portillo, charlotteobserver, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Prior to launching for the first time, it's recommended to check engine hoses and clamps, fuel filters and tanks, running lights and safety equipment, including personal flotation devices, flares, first aid kits and fire extinguishers.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The rear bumper has a cleaner look, as does the front end, which has a simplified version of the previous split-lighting arrangement of daytime running lights above rectangular headlights nestled in coves that also house the intakes for the front-wheel air curtains.
    — Stephen Edelstein, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Sacramento Regional Transit officials have talked for years about building a new bridge over the river a few hundred yards east of the Jibboom bridge to run light rail trains from downtown to Natomas and eventually out to the airport.
    — Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Meanwhile, delivery drivers probably will just be happy to have air conditioning (the current trucks don’t), along with a front airbag, tire-pressure monitors, a backup camera, daytime running lights, and ABS.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The appearance is basically unchanged for 2018, with new LED taillights and daytime running lights on the base S trim, and automatic rain-sensing headlights, along with automatic rain-sensing wipers.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 3 Feb. 2018

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