How to Use lamppost in a Sentence

lamppost

noun

• The Cat and the Hat balloon hit a lamppost due to high winds.
  — Olivia Putnal, Woman's Day, 19 Nov. 2010
• The house fire was so hot, the lamppost in front of the home is melted and warped.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022
• Three of the lampposts have been damaged in the last year, Miller said.
  — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 25 Nov. 2019
• The streets were closed off and baskets of flowers hung from the lampposts.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Mar. 2018
• The rest of the works are found on lampposts, newsstands, bus shelters, and LinkNYC kiosks.
  — Rahel Aima, New Republic, 23 Oct. 2017
• Gosling spins around the lamppost like Gene Kelly did in Singin' in the Rain.
  — Matt Miller, Esquire, 30 Jan. 2017
• Late for the Sky, with a lamppost in the yard and an early-model Chevrolet parked at the curb.
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 3 June 2021
• Wreaths and garlands are draped along shops and lampposts.
  — Scott Craven, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2019
• On a sunny day last week, posters for a 5k Fun Run hung from lampposts.
  — Marwa Eltagouri, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
• The runners at the front were able to get out of the way before the SUV struck others and crashed into a lamppost.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• The noose was hanging from a lamppost near the National Gallery of Art, said Sgt.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 19 June 2017
• In the footage, sparks fly and protesters exclaim, then cheer, when the lamppost falls.
  — Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2019
• The noose was found hanging from a lamppost near the National Gallery of Art, said Sgt.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 June 2017
• During the parade, high winds caused the the Cat in the Hat balloon to strike a lamppost, and part of the post came crashing down on the head of a bystander.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
• The trees behind it are scorched and a lamppost is entirely knocked over.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• The fences look like they’re made from K’nex, the benches look like Lincoln Logs, and the lampposts look like Tinkertoys.
  — Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 2 July 2018
• The abundance of sturdy lampposts signals that these spaces are open around the clock.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2020
• The total number of bulbs is 309 because some lampposts have two globes.
  — Deborah Vankin, latimes.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Water laps the underside of historic bridges, and treetops and lampposts poke out of the brown, swirling Seine.
  — Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018
• Then out walked four living lampposts covered head to toe in houndstooth, a globe in each hand.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2017
• The fliers were found Thursday on cars and lampposts around Washington.
  — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
• Gio died after falling out of the minivan and striking his head on a lamppost.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2020
• Their faces stare out from the FBI’s website and from handbills taped to windows and lampposts across Woodland.
  — Darrell Smith, sacbee, 21 Oct. 2017
• The grounds are tiered, with mature landscaping, lawns and lampposts.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
• Every week, rain or shine, Taylor Hayes’ mom ties purple balloons to the lamppost in front of her home.
  — Juliana Kim, baltimoresun.com, 19 July 2019
• As the anniversary neared, Christmas lights lined the roofs of houses, and garlands looped around lampposts along a main street.
  — Rick Rojas and Kristin Hussey, idahostatesman, 14 Dec. 2017
• Even the lampposts, seen in images of the protests and crackdown, are the same though most are now mounted with surveillance cameras.
  — NBC News, 4 June 2019
• Feet away from where Alissa King was shot, wilted balloons hang from a lamppost wrapped in red tape.
  — Dan Frosch, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• The lighting of the corner gas lamppost determined the official start of the summer night.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 14 July 2018
• The truth is that politicians were leaning on lampposts long before Donald Trump.
  — Alan S. Blinder, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024