How to Use in a different light in a Sentence
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The video, though, shows the incident in a different light.
— Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2020 -
Is part of your aim with the film to push back on that and get viewers to see the Chinese people in a different light?
— Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2020 -
America needs to wake up and look at the farmers in a different light.
— Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024 -
Last season, though, Kidd saw Green’s skill set in a different light.
— Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023 -
But a run at a position of need tends to put players in a different light.
— Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2022 -
As a result, according to the lawsuit, many of Steven’s friends and neighbors now view him in a different light.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 Sep. 2022 -
Here are some current contenders that show (and tell) teachers in a different light.
— Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024 -
The after-hours Lantern Tour ($40), meanwhile, enables travelers to see the falls in a different light.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2023 -
In the 1940s, when there was much less sensitivity to race issues than there is today, the film was seen in a different light.
— Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Its members help you to see the situation, and yourself, in a different light.
— Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023 -
Suddenly, however, Mr. Bankman-Fried has cast the whole look in a different light.
— Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022 -
There is a moment that shows Malcolm’s hypocrisy in a different light, however.
— Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Nor is there even the faintest whiff of gay panic when an out-of-the-blue disclosure causes the supervisor to look at his friend and colleague in a different light.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024 -
And risk, the balancing point between growth and efficiency, must be viewed in a different light.
— Sid Mohasseb, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021 -
This detail has a way of putting the running storyline about Oliver’s financial straits in a different light.
— Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2021 -
Worsham took note and slowly began to view Rubberband in a different light.
— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023 -
In time, though, the feminist revenge fantasy gives way to something else, as Ana comes to see herself and her previous life in a different light.
— New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021 -
The offseason provided the Bulls with plenty of opportunities for reflection and, in turn, a chance to come at things in a different light.
— Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2021 -
But that was fleeting — the Atlanta killings by a white gunman who targeted Asian spa businesses and the Watson case have cast therapists in a different light.
— Teresa M. Walker, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 -
The press release might focus entirely on the healthy attributes of Beyond IV and the promise of the new product, but the news story has been circulated more widely in a different light.
— Marnie Shure / The Takeout, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Proponents of the new commission hope that the investigative body could put to rest the efforts to cast January 6 in a different light -- something that was evident this week in the House.
— Manu Raju, CNN, 14 May 2021 -
Along the way, the characters begin to question their assumptions – not just of themselves, but their neighbors, spouses, children, and seeing them in a different light.
— Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2020 -
Many modern legal theorists, and even the nation’s own founders, painted the concept of state authority in a different light.
— Dell Cameron, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023 -
Pocket doors and a bay window allow sunshine to pour in, allowing everyone in the family to see their home in a different light—even the homeowners' kids put their stamp of approval on the new space!
— Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023 -
Other times during his Cleveland tenure, and particularly in 2021 as the Browns missed the playoffs and Mayfield struggled on the field, that sort of cockiness was viewed in a different light.
— Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 July 2022 -
Still, the ruling stipulated that certain other Warhol pieces—such as his famous depiction of Campbell’s soup cans—should be viewed in a different light.
— Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2023 -
Consider changing some aspects of your appearance to encourage others to see you in a different light.
— Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022 -
My investigation cast my home region in a different light.
— Brandi Kellam, Essence, 5 Sep. 2023 -
But these rapidly rising MSRPs cast the automakers' public pricing disputes with dealerships in a different light.
— Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 5 Aug. 2022 -
The new dance, which premiered in 2022, reclaims the narrative of the controversial Latina figure, casting her story in a different light than a certain British musical.
— oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2023
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