How to Use taillight in a Sentence

taillight

noun
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  • The car's port is on the fender near the left taillight.
    — Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Red shards from the left taillight had fallen to the ground.
    — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • The spare tire is mounted to the rear wall in a way that obstructs the view of the left taillight.
    — Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Bradley Iger In case there was any doubt, the taillights spell it out.
    — Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
  • New exhaust tips and taillights are the main change points at the rear.
    — Malcolm Gunn, courant.com, 28 June 2018
  • Sure, there's a little horse on the front and three-spiked taillights in back.
    — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The messages stack up day and night: photos of a stream of red taillights, notes on the length of the line.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The messages stack up day and night: photos of a stream of red taillights, notes on the length of the line.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The bullet went through the right taillight, through the back seat and through the passenger seat.
    — Kathy Pisabaj, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
  • That bar houses the LED taillights and the third safety light.
    — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • At the rear, the new RAV4 appears to retain its shelflike 3D taillights.
    — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Evan Williams Me:Mo has headlights and taillights that come off with a tug.
    — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Add in a dash of square video-game-like pixel details in the taillights, and that’s the Ioniq 6.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Police picked up pieces of a broken taillight on the ground.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 14 May 2021
  • The accent lines on the sides emphasize the car's broad hips, the slight V of the rear taillights is pure spacecraft.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The rear shot of the car shows the taillight stretching the span of the vehicle as a thin line just below the rear window.
    — Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The rear features a trendy full-width taillight that echoes the three-piece lightning motif from the front.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The taillights give just enough anger to the design, while the wheels are the diamond of the crown – simply gorgeous.
    — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The taillight is now a continuous bar flowing the width of the rear end.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The driver’s-side taillight was replaced with red tape and the tailgate was faded.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Body and dash cam video from the state patrol show the taillights were out on the Ford Fusion Cobb was driving.
    — CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Richardson gripped the steering wheel of her blue Hyundai a little tighter and kept her eyes on the taillights in front of her.
    — Luke Fountain, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2024
  • Nearby, the remnants of a red taillight sat askew near the sidewalk while a license plate lay in the street.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Headlights are split over the middle and run through the fenders, aligning with the taillights.
    — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Remnants of the taillight matched the pieces police had gathered from the bar parking lot.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 14 May 2021
  • At the rear, a thin LED-light strip stretches across the back end, encompassing the taillights.
    — Sean Szymkowski, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In the rear, a chrome strip extends from side to side, connecting the slim, wraparound taillights.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 29 June 2018
  • Rear taillights, borrowed from the Mercury Cougar, enhanced the car’s wide rear stance.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Hottman notes that one of the perks of an e-bike is that as long as your battery has juice, your headlight and taillight will stay lit.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Police stopped the man’s car on East Bagley near Pleasant Street due to a broken taillight.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021

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