How to Use flashbulb in a Sentence

flashbulb

noun

• Straight-faced and stiff-lipped, Knox dodged flashbulbs as a coterie of bodyguards kept the press at bay.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2019
• Straight-faced and stiff-lipped, Ms. Knox dodged flashbulbs as a coterie of bodyguards kept the press at bay.
  — New York Times, 16 June 2019
• The press was there, flashbulbs popped, hurled questions overlapped.
  — James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
• Baby Art is born at the foot of the staircase of the Met, under the flashbulb of a tabloid photographer instead of the light of a star.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• As flashbulbs popped, the quarterback hit Stokley across the middle.
  — Bob Kravitz, Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2017
• No sooner had Damian Jackson grounded out, the cheers grew for Gwynn and flashbulbs went off around the stadium.
  — Associated Press, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2001
• Then Jenni was moving away, and flashbulbs were popping.
  — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2019
• And the two cases are a reminder that for people promoting awards movies, the performance doesn’t stop until the last flashbulb pops on Oscar night.
  — Rebecca Keegan, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017
• Some people believe that a flashbulb goes off, and memory is burned in forever.
  — cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
• Premieres are mythical things to most people, full of flashbulbs and red carpets and, to a writer, that rarest thing of all: acknowledgement.
  — Kevin Biegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2023
• Victoria Beckham fashioned herself in a glittery, sheer minidress that glowed in front of flashbulbs at the exclusive event.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
• May, at first, is one of them, posing for (pre-smartphone) flashbulb photos and fully in tune with the theatrical self-invention that infuses the club.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2023
• In a strapless Giorgio Armani gown and Bulgari jewels, Richie sent the throngs of paparazzi lining the sidewalks into a flashbulb frenzy.
  — Maria Ward, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
• Catching the light of the paparazzi flashbulbs, Lil Nas X’s sequin suit featured a cropped jacket and matching silver cowboy boots—because, yeehaw!
  — Vogue, 27 Aug. 2019
• The flashbulbs were so intense that the British Epilepsy Association warned broadcasters about the risk of triggering seizures.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
• The flashbulbs were so intense that the British Epilepsy Association warned broadcasters about the risk of triggering seizures.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• In a dark theater, the finale — in which the protagonist uses a flashbulb to defend himself — will have its proper blinding effect.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• There are the ancient pines and manicured roses; the free-flowing Champagne; and, of course, the cliffside pool where 21st-century titans of film and fashion escape the flashbulbs of La Croisette during the Cannes film festival.
  — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2023
• According to Today, Tomososki began to see flashes in his vision, similar to the spots that occur when a picture is taken with a flashbulb.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• Overtop the sleeveless silhouette, Galliano then applied a thin layer of iridescent film at the front, which reflected light off of paparazzi flashbulbs and changed colors throughout the step and repeat.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2018
• There were other Hollywood emissaries and global cinema stars basking in the fading sunlight and flashbulbs.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 May 2023
• What would Hollywood's most flashbulb-saturated season be like this year?
  — Laurel Pinson, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2018
• Sparkling beneath a hundred flashbulbs, Ford’s newest saloon was presented to the world in the central Chinese megacity of Chongqing on Tuesday, in a symphony of polished paintwork and umbrella-twirling dancers.
  — Time, 12 Apr. 2018
• There was a smattering of applause, and then dozens of flashbulbs began popping as cameramen took pictures of a vast sea of faces held perfectly still at the same upturned angle and frozen into identical expressions of rapture and awe.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018
• In 1905, when McCarthy was traveling the Northwest, even flashbulbs had not been perfected or made available to amateurs, rendering photography on cloudy days frustrating, and at night, impossible.
  — Karen Marks, sacbee.com, 4 July 2017

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024