How to Use red-light in a Sentence

red-light

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of red-lightnext
  • Leon Valley is poised to become the last city in Texas with red-light cameras.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Is the motorist just dressing up the plate, or trying to elude tolls and red-light camera fines?
    — Jim Radcliffe, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The length of the red light was subsequently shortened, meaning no more red-light chats about the union drive.
    — Curbed, 19 July 2023
  • And for more high-tech home treatments, check out our picks of best LED face mask and red-light therapy devices.
    — Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The first, hour-long episode was kinky yet empty, like a visit to a red-light district during the pandemic.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 4 June 2023
  • Just give your eyes 30 minutes to adjust to the darkness, and bring a red-light flashlight to keep your eyes adjusted throughout the night.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The lamp has seven different lighting modes including a red-light beam which is great for night hikes.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Tony Kranz, who was a council member at the time and has since been elected mayor, has long supported the red-light camera program.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And orange-red neon smolders within and blinks above bars and red-light districts everywhere.
    — Ella Quittner, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • Henry eventually opened two bordellos on Sixth Street, the heart of St. Louis’ red-light district.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The city has also long tried to control the crowds in its red-light district, where rowdy groups of tourists often cause disruptions to local residents.
    — Claire Moses, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • One video involves a red-light runner and the other requires the vehicle to react to an encroaching vehicle in a turn lane.
    — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The eight coups d’état that have rocked Africa’s Sahel region since 2020 are a flashing, red-light warning: Washington’s efforts to stabilize the region have failed.
    — Joseph Sany, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This TikTok favorite uses red-light therapy to improve skin’s tone and texture.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • The wait continues on a judge’s decision on whether the red-light cameras at Route 83 and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace will be allowed to remain activated or be removed.
    — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • As outlined, other restrictions are also set to be introduced in the red-light district, such as lockout rules, alcohol sale restrictions, and banning smoking on the street.
    — Jessie Gretener, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Oakbrook Terrace was authorized to reactivate the red-light cameras, pending the final disposition of the case, which was continued in December 2022 to May.
    — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Grab your binoculars, picnic blankets, and red-light flashlights: here are the best astronomical attractions for August 2023.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Cincinnati voters in 2008 passed a charter amendment that severely restricts the use of red-light cameras, but Councilman Jeff Cramerding proposed undoing the ban in a charter amendment that would have been put to voters in November.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Hobbs vetoed the ban in 2023 because red-light cameras allow law enforcement to allocate resources efficiently, according to a veto letter.
    — The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Even before it was made legal, prostitution was associated with the red-light district for hundreds of years because of its original proximity to the port of Amsterdam.
    — Claire Moses, New York Times, 4 July 2023
  • Longtime Democratic operative Patrick Doherty was sentenced Wednesday to more than five years in federal prison for a wide range of corruption schemes stemming from a sprawling federal bribery investigation involving red-light cameras.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Metro’s regulator, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, has often cited the agency for having too many train operators running past red-light signals, overshooting platforms or moving without permission when trains were ordered to halt.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
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red light

2 of 2 noun
  • Drivers can’t run a red light or speed to beat the light.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • When a car speeds through a red light, there’s a camera.
    — Curbed, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The red light is also soothing and not as stark as a white light.
    — Kelsey Kunik, Parents, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Five green lights show the remaining charge, and the three red lights show the boost level.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Check out our guides to the best at-home red light therapy tools and the best gua sha tools.
    — Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2023
  • Seeing if the car truly would just blaze through a red light?
    — Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • And watch out for scofflaws who speed, run red lights or tailgate.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024
  • At the top of the exit ramp, McCauley ran a red light and struck a Honda Civic.
    — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The officer said that when Nichols pulled up to a red light, the officers jumped out of the car.
    — Adrian Sainz, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • His wife rushed him to the hospital at 1 a.m., running a red light along the way.
    — Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • His friend fled the scene in a vehicle, ran a red light, and killed two cyclists.
    — The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Stop at red lights and go at green lights, avoid drowning and don’t play with fire. . .
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Trump would run red lights, stomping on the gas and leaving other cars in the dust.
    — William Earl, Variety, 18 June 2024
  • Stairs up to the stage were lined with red lights and balloons waited in nets to be dropped from the ceiling.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2024
  • When the battery, which lasts for up to 45 minutes, runs low, a red light flashes on the screen.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
  • Sohn ran a red light, drove against the flow of traffic and turned off his siren while pursuing the boy.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The Tahoe was then seen straddling the road’s yellow lines, and next driving through a red light.
    — cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Too much is at stake to put the red light on projects in a bid to secure a specific bloc of votes.
    — Mike Sommers, Fortune Europe, 1 Feb. 2024
  • At the traffic light, Vincent saw a car approach at high speed and run a red light.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The officer says that when Nichols pulled up to a red light, the officers jumped out.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The pair opened night two, with Bliss turning the handle of a giant Fiend in the Box under creepy red lights.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This includes while being stopped at a red light or stop sign.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2023
  • One of the cars driving at high speed ran a red light, and the driver of that vehicle has died at the scene, said Howard.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Mayorga climbed in the Camaro, peeled out and raced through red lights on his way to I-270, records say.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • If this does not occur, that little red light should go off in your head.
    — Chris Carosa, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Watch Reedus recall meeting Cher — and meeting Keanu Reeves at a red light — in the clip above.
    — EW.com, 19 June 2024
  • In the month before the fatal crash, Meland ran the red light a dozen times, the prosecutor said.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • This could be a great time to ask your daughters about the power of red light therapy masks.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 13 June 2024
  • There comes a time when the kids must take away the car keys from an elderly parent, perhaps after a ticket for running a red light.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2024
  • Bodycam footage from police has surfaced a year after Latto was pulled over for running a red light in Atlanta.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 July 2024

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