How to Use green light in a Sentence

green light

noun

• All the sort of stagecraft and blocks and green lights and stuff.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
• But leaders in the House and Senate weren’t ready to give the green light.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• The driver, Bekaye Diakite, 42, of Waldorf, had a green light at the time of the turn.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2023
• When did Auburn coach Bruce Pearl give Smith the green light from 3-point range?
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 18 Feb. 2022
• The driver who hit the man had a green light, police said.
  — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2024
• The only way to get in it was to put a code in, and the green light would blink and the drawer would blink.
  — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2022
• But the kids had a blast, so giving the pre-teen turnup the green light was worth it.
  — Jessica Herndon, Marie Claire, 9 Nov. 2021
• Maryland picked a great week to give sports betting the green light.
  — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
• If the timing is right, his base runners have the green light to steal.
  — Dallas News, 23 July 2022
• The plans could still change and the project could get the green light eventually.
  — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 19 July 2021
• Although the wind caused some damage, managers gave the green light for the launch.
  — Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2022
• Five green lights show the remaining charge, and the three red lights show the boost level.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
• But with a new-age Popovich flashing the green light at all times, 180 isn’t out of the question.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021
• Does that get us any closer to getting a green light from the FDA?
  — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 31 May 2022
• On the chart were two columns, one headed by a red light and one with a green light.
  — Bryan Stallings, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
• 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
• The tunnels are white-walled, 12 feet wide, and feature funky pink, blue, and green lights.
  — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
• With the green light to shoot, Grant’s percentages dropped off.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2021
• Are New Yorkers ready to play some red light, green light?
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
• These fish tacos give a green light to eating with our hands.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
• Joining her in neon pink and green lights were more than a dozen dancers on tiered steps.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2023
• My teammates gave me the confidence to go out there and shoot the ball—green light.
  — Doyle Rader, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
• The driver, a man, had a green light when the collision occurred.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2022
• Just because your hair is braided doesn't give you the green light to skip wash day.
  — Danielle James, Allure, 8 Jan. 2022
• After talking to the friend’s mother, Schafer gave her son the green light.
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 28 Oct. 2021
• The six-episode TV series got the official green light in May 2020.
  — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
• Police saw the truck stopped at a green light on East Bagley at Tressel Street.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2021
• The news came one day after Grey's Anatomy got the green light for a season 19.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 27 May 2022
• Not every piece of feedback AI provides deserves a green light.
  — Randy Illig, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
• When water contains a lot of plant material, chlorophyll – a pigment plants make in their leaves – will absorb blue light and backscatter green light.
  — Courtney Di Vittorio, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025