bright lights
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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It’s just a really big flag with bright lights, draped on Hoover Dam for the next several weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Slipping out of blankets and off of tall, puffy mattresses, we give thanks, take a crystal, a mantra card … and leave the giant mattress warehouse for the bright lights of Glendale Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
His family spotted the lights on their land and believed Dandridge was "lamping", when people use bright lights to find animals such as rabbits and foxes, often with a dog.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The new Publix was built with bright lights and wider aisles to give customers more space to navigate with shopping carts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
And when I peer very closely at my face under the bright lights, I’m sure that I can see pale pinpricks above my eyebrows.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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