bulb

Example Sentences

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From that light bulb moment, Recondition, which Brown said created every piece with accessibility and style in mind, was born.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

During the Iran hostage crisis, William Daugherty, a newly minted case officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, was kept there, in a 4-foot-wide cell lit 24 hours by a dim, dangling bulb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

His most recent apartment inspection failed because the light bulb in the fridge was out.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025

Call it maturity, call it confidence, call it the light bulb going on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

It shatters with the first blow—not an explosive sound, more like the popping of a light bulb, followed by the patter of safety glass pellets.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman