How to Use strobe in a Sentence

strobe

noun
  • As Bieber dances and runs around the clearing, strobe lights flash in the trees around him.
    Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2021
  • There were strobe lights and bursts from a fog machine.
    Alan G. Artner, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2017
  • Get some strobe lights out and start blaring this song.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2022
  • An hour later, the first lightning bolt of the storm lit up the blackness like a strobe.
    Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The misfire starts small: A few green and red strobes on Ramp 3 scream sideways.
    Christopher Maag, Popular Mechanics, 1 July 2011
  • The time scale of the shutter or the strobe must match the time scale of motion of the object – if not, the image will be blurred.
    Niranjan Shivaram, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
  • These devices have strobe lights and are designed to float.
    Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2021
  • In another, strobe lights flash as a boy strips off a heavy mask.
    Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 19 May 2021
  • Dew Drops Coconut Gel Highlighter on the cheekbones and down the bridge of the nose for a light-catching strobe.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The sky darkened, and strobes of light coated the court building in purple.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Without all the strobes and lasers, the room shrank to the size of a dirty nightclub at last call, every blemish in plain view.
    Dave Grohl, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020
  • Someone in his house had a flashlight and was using it in strobe mode.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • It is set up for strobe lights to give the pregame an extra jolt of excitement for the players.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022
  • Some of the displays have flashing lights, but there are no strobe effects here.
    Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In games at the World Deaf Championships, Krueger said strobe lights on the boards would go off when a whistle blew.
    Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
  • Several shad thrash in the mesh, their large silver scales lighting up like strobes in the sun.
    Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
  • The curling arena darkened and strobe lights blotted the ice.
    New York Times, 12 Feb. 2022
  • This offers different modes, like steady in blue, flash in blue, strobe in red and blue, flash white, and more.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Strobes Resist the temptation to overuse strobe lights.
    Kiona Smith-Strickland, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The strobe-like glare is similar to a lighthouse beam guiding ships in the distance.
    Sharyn Alden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • Switch on the optional strobe effects with the press of a button for some extra pizazz.
    Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Molitor said divers plugged in flashlights, camera equipment, strobe lights and cellphones the night of the fire.
    Stefanie Dazio and Tom Krisher, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Rapper Kevin Gates electrified the crowd as strobe lights pulsed.
    USA Today, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Up goes the volume to space shuttle levels, the strobe machines switch to double-time.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 25 July 2022
  • For a more intense glow, layer it on top of M.A.C. strobe cream with a light fan brush to bring out the sun goddess within you.
    Lara Adekola, Allure, 19 Oct. 2017
  • With strobe lights flooding the venue, Lil Nas X was one of the first to stand and dance to the rap medley, showing his support to one of rap’s legends.
    Mia Nazareno, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The fate of the Hermès store manager and his beau then played out amongst strobe lights and passed pomegranate wine spritzers.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Even the bleakest Carnegie stories, by contrast, strobe with flashes of good will.
    New York Times, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Goold stages his downfall like a rock opera, with strobes, bursts of loud noise (these are often assassination attempts) and weird dancers.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • This option had five settings: ultralow, low, medium, high,and turbo, in addition to a strobe feature.
    Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2024

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