Example Sentences

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My favourite: "His students were like lit light-bulbs in front of the horribly expanding diagram on the whiteboard."

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2013

When what she says sinks in, my heart starts racing and my vision blurs like I’ve been staring into fluorescent light-bulbs.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone