How to Use streetlight in a Sentence

streetlight

noun
  • Like bugs to a streetlight, they’re drawn in from far off paths.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2017
  • That area had a bike lane, but no sidewalk or streetlights.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Our streetlights are out and poles haven’t been painted in years.
    — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Why aren’t there any streetlights lining this road?
    — Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Holt ran by the faint glimmer of streetlights and the glow from his watch.
    — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
  • For years, the sight of a dark streetlight was all too common in the city.
    — Adam Duxter, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Turn off your porch lights, get away streetlights and find your dark, happy space.
    — Blaine Friedlander, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Check out the video below to take a closer look at the streetlights.
    — Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 16 Nov. 2016
  • Neighbors said there is also a lack of streetlights in the area.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Henry turns back to him, his eyes silver in the wash of the streetlight.
    — Town & Country, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Many flit around the larger members like moths around a streetlight.
    — Richard Talcott, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2020
  • The flames had somehow lodged someone's garage door on top of a streetlight.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • So the streetlight’s gray bells peal in their relentless sooty glow.
    — Courtney Kampa, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Or else under the streetlight by her building?
    — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Move to an open area away from buildings, trees, streetlights, and power lines.
    — Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
  • The dark streetlights on one side of the road that made the shadows look like a modern noir film?
    — Asha Dore, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Lit up by streetlight; silver around the forehead.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • By night, their street is pitch dark and empty, because the streetlights haven’t worked in months.
    — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 2 June 2024
  • There’s an old story of a man searching for his keys one night under a streetlight.
    — Peter Follows, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • There is some sidewalk and streetlight construction left to do on the bridge.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The streetlight turned on, and the mangoes got sweeter and sweeter in their box.
    — Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
  • At dusk the fluorescent streetlights came on and hurt his eyes.
    — Amos Oz, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
  • Riveros said the city hopes to fill the vacant streetlight crew positions.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Nickerson said the street lamps and streetlights were rattling in the wind.
    — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the city went back to voters asking them to pay more to fix their streetlights.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • And up ahead of us, there were these gorgeous amber eyes that were glowing in the streetlight.
    — National Geographic, 23 June 2020
  • In the suburbs, flags and banners hang from streetlights throughout the year.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 18 May 2020
  • On the streets people carry on as normal, even at night when all the streetlights are turned off.
    — Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Mustafa and Hassan stood under a dim streetlight.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Stop signs lie on their backs and shattered streetlights dangle, bobbing just feet above the ground.
    — Time, 13 Sep. 2017

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