How to Use incandescent in a Sentence

incandescent

1 of 2 adjective

• The bulbs run cooler and can last up to 25 times longer than incandescent lights.
  — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2022
• The project is full of incandescent synths and bright rhythms, all imbued with what feels like the sparkle of a disco ball.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2021
• The light strand is 25 feet long with 27 screw-in incandescent glass bulbs in five colors.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2022
• Venus, with her speed and big serve, with her beads and bravado and incandescent smile.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022
• If that were so, the roads around the Rocking Chair Cottages would have been incandescent with light.
  — Mary Grimm, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
• Namely, the incandescent sound of Mitchell singing harmonies — word for word — into the back of my head.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2021
• Instead, Modigliani is incandescent — one of 20th century art’s lodestars — and one of the most faked artists of all time.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
• Both cost more than incandescent lights but last much longer.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2019
• Both cost more than incandescent bulbs but last much longer.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2020
• Rachel’s writing is incandescent with anger and hurt about this painful fact.
  — Antonia Hitchens, WSJ, 4 May 2021
• Life is short, and what’s left of the fire in my incandescent anarcho-punk heart has been smothered enough.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2019
• Of an asteroid impact so large that the night sky glowed incandescent red with molten droplets of rock.
  — Robert M. Thorson, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021
• Yet about half of the bulbs in use in US homes are still traditional incandescent bulbs.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019
• The incandescent yellow lasts for just a few days — sometimes only one — and then the leaves seem to all rain to ground at once, like the last shower of summer.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• Even when set off by gray lines, though, Hecht’s bobbing spheres are incandescent.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• David Walliams goes full Frank Grimes, incandescent with rage that these dum-dums have a chance at winning.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022
• Most of the birds are perched and still, but two of them are incandescent with motion, almost rapturous.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
• The first produces its own light, like an incandescent bulb, a candle flame, or the screen on your television.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 12 Sep. 2021
• LEDs are far less fragile and have a longer life span than incandescent bulbs, so these trees are less likely to have problems.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
• Not long ago there was just one way to illuminate the outside of your home: string lights with large incandescent bulbs.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 14 Oct. 2022
• Bay Area stargazers will want to mark their calendars this week for an incandescent sky show linked to the famed Halley’s Comet.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2022
• LEDs use much less energy than incandescent bulbs, and will last for years.
  — Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 12 July 2019
• At the time, the world was still grappling with the revolution wrought by the incandescent electric lightbulb.
  — Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021
• It’s a night launch, and residents of the city of Kazan see what looks like an incandescent comet creasing the sky, a billowing trail behind it.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
• The grass was an incandescent green, and was dotted with a menagerie of Everyones in bright clothing, but now Kiki had stopped.
  — Dave Eggers, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021
• Balancing on the edge of the Kilauea caldera, Volcano House has the wildest, most incandescent view of any national park lodge.
  — Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2021
• That’s like the ocean powered two 100 watt incandescent lightbulbs for every square meter of the Gulf of Mexico… for a month.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 10 May 2018
• If not for Donald Trump, the U.S. would have banned the sale of incandescent lightbulbs two years ago, with only a handful of exceptions.
  — Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2022
• With skin as incandescent as the Duchess's, though, all focus was bound to fall on her ever-smiling face—but a bit of blush never hurt anyone.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
• The resulting memoir is an incandescent tale of grit and rage, written in a voice resonant with heart, humor, and hope.
  — Jenny Bartoy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023

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incandescent

2 of 2 noun

• In the video, fiery chunks of incandescent, red-hot lava can be seen spewing out in short and mild bursts.
  — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2020
• This set of 100 clear white incandescent lights is dimmable, with end-to-end connection for up to five sets.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2022
• Not all incandescent bulbs are banned under the new rule.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• The end has come for the old-fashioned incandescent lightbulb.
  — Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2022
• He’s seen the shift from reflective to incandescent to LED.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2021
• To see how much better an LED is than a plain old incandescent, here are two pictures.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 9 Jan. 2020
• The old incandescent bulbs burned away most of their energy as heat.
  — Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021
• This will work with incandescent, halogen, and LED bulbs.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 26 Apr. 2021
• The less efficient incandescent bulbs used until a decade or so ago are long gone.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 26 Dec. 2019
• Christmas tree lights come in all sorts of varieties, from white to color and from LED to incandescent.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2017
• The three main types of light bulbs are fluorescent, incandescent, and LED.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• And a few specialized kinds of incandescent bulbs — like those that go inside ovens, and bug lights — are exempt.
  — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• Moving the light off of a dimmer switch may help, but the best thing to do is replace the old incandescent bulb with an energy-saving LED.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• Sunrise seems to hesitate and in that second lose its incandescent aim, and dusk no more shadows than the noon.
  — Benje Williams, Longreads, 15 Mar. 2022
• On one side of the room, a floor-to-ceiling window overlooks the incandescent buzz of the Apparatus Room below.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2018
• Europe is a step ahead, having phased out incandescent lights in 2012.
  — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• Arguably still the main show at Smokey Joe’s, Melton’s specialty was his incandescent ribs.
  — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• Light glanced off her bark, incandescent, the sun dropping. Brilliance.
  — Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
• If that new LED lasts even a bit over a year, replacing the working incandescent today will still save you money.
  — Severin Borenstein, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2017
• Those old-school incandescent bulbs throw a lot of heat, so upgrade to LED Christmas tree lights that don’t get hot in order to reduce drying of your tree.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 Oct. 2019
• The bulb type varies, and incandescent bulbs still tend to be more affordable than their longer-lasting LED counterparts.
  — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2022
• White LED lights, for example, cast a blue glow and will thus compete with white incandescent bulbs that are slightly warmer, with a more yellow tint.
  — Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2020
• The last incandescent bulbs were in museums, and even most of the compact fluorescents had been long since replaced by LEDs.
  — Bill McKibben, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
• The average cost of an LED light bulb ranged from $5-$7 each while incandescent light bulbs generally cost about $2 each.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 6 Apr. 2023
• This should not be used with incandescent, spotlight, halogen, or other high power or high heat light bulbs.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 2 Apr. 2021
• Although not as scorching as early June, the next 2 weeks bring incandescent, antiperspirant levels of heat, with a run of low to mid 90s.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
• Like so many things, the fight over incandescent bulbs became partisan.
  — Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
• Our pros warn, however, to be careful indoors since incandescent bulbs can heat up over time.
  — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2022
• At first blush — a blush that should register anywhere from incandescent to thermonuclear — Sexyy Red doesn’t seem to care about subtlety, even though her hyper-freaked raunch rhymes totally depend on it.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• That said, the sconce is compatible with LED, compact fluorescent, halogen, and incandescent lights.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2023

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