hard light
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One wears sprinkles like confetti or a glaze sticky as the night and waits under hard light at an airport coffee counter.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
And then came Ms. Chang’s astonishing bestseller—part memoir, part history—to throw a hard light on it all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
His natural instinct is to seek out the untold, unflattering story, to shine the cold, hard light of reality on a guy who seems too good to be true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
“This is why I didn’t come down sooner. I’ve got an upgrade for Ami, Alex. You remember hard light, yes?” she managed a knowing smile.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2019
People got meaner, stuck beneath all that hard light and stone.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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