Example Sentences

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To work around this, I decided to use a 'star filter' - a layer of glass attached to the front of the lens that refracts light in a specific way.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

We might be told that color has something to do with light, or even be shown a prism, through which light refracts to produce a rainbow.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024

In the retina of an animal's eye, there is a small pit called the fovea that refracts the light entering the eye.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

Among other things, “Household Saints” refracts 25 years of the Cold War through a Mulberry Street lens.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Sunlight refracts through it and casts slivers of rainbows across the floor.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth