How to Use lamppost in a Sentence

lamppost

noun
  • The stork took flight, did a loop to surveil the boat and perched on a lamppost near the bank.
    Safak Timur Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • By evening, more corpses had been strung up from the station’s lampposts.
    Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • 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
  • Flags hung from town lampposts, from house porches, and in cemeteries.
    Robert M. Williamson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
  • Weinberger directed her husband down a short street, past a lamppost encircled with an orange ribbon.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024

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