lowlight
Britishnoun
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an unenjoyable or unpleasant part of an event
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(usually plural) a streak of darker colour artificially applied to the hair
Example Sentences
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The imagery is convincingly mirror-like—reversed—with eye-like focal length, decent resolution and lowlight sensitivity, making it easy to trust when judging distances, with the help of graphical overlays and warning tones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The lowlight of his tenure, he admitted, was the pandemic year of 2020, when the Proms were drastically cut back, and all concerts took place without and audience.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
A lowlight of the winless streak that immediately preceded the current run was a 2-0 loss to the Senators on Dec. 2.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
The lowlight for the defense came midway through the second quarter when Broncos wide receiver Lil’ Jordan Humphrey weaved through the secondary and then dived across the goal line to cap a 54-yard touchdown reception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
To arrive at this conclusion, the scientists took high-speed, lowlight video of dragonflies, butterflies and moths flying around light bulbs both in the lab and in the cloud forests of Costa Rica.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
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