sound-and-light show
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sound-and-light show
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The nightly sound-and-light show at the Magic Fountain is fun, but it was mainly a sea of bodies and humidity as we tried to track the kids.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022
A fragment of a colossal but mediocre quartzite Tut statue that once stood outside the mortuary chamber is bathed in a pulsing sound-and-light show.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2018
And tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a sound-and-light show on the battlefield on Thursday.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2015
He argues that taxes should at least be paid on a sound-and-light show that takes visitors around the building at night.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2014
The Matrix reimagined the “real” world as a video-game fantasy; Speed Racer broke with narrative and visual traditions to create an amazing sound-and-light show, a vivid syntho-world.
From Time • Oct. 25, 2012
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