Morse code

Example Sentences

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You are in the passenger seat with no seat belt, and the dashboard lights are blinking like they’re trying to tell you something in Morse code, which you never learned.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

In Morse code, short flashes or "dots" stand for the letter "E," while longer flashes or "dashes" represent the letter "T."

From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 2025

A thousand small cylindrical acrylic mirrors planted in the sand compose a Morse code poem imagining a dialogue between Tangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom, and an Egyptian pharaoh.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

According to Hal Whitehead, who has pioneered research on social organization and cultural transmission in deep-water whales since the 1970s, researchers began studying sperm whale codas by comparing them to Morse code.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

Constance was too short to copy over a shoulder, and note passing was much too risky, so at last Reynie had suggested Morse code.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart