How to Use lightning rod in a Sentence

lightning rod

noun

• Both lightning and the lightning rod, Maradona, the Hand of God.
  — Fred Lief, Chron, 24 Dec. 2020
• Petty disputes also got in the way of the lightning rod.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2023
• The laser beam passes near the lightning rod on the Säntis Tower.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
• Hicks has been something of a lightning rod at city hall for years.
  — Scott Carroll, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
• Off the court, Thompson was both a role model and a lightning rod.
  — Joseph White, Houston Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2020
• The death last month has been a lightning rod on issues of mental health, crime and race.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 June 2023
• The lighthouse has a lightning rod and was undamaged by the strike.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• All the ups and downs set the stage for Harrison, who has been a lightning rod all season.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2022
• But the court didn’t rule on the merits of the case, meaning the lightning rod issue is not settled for good.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• The result will be either a badge of honor or a lightning rod.
  — New York Times, 21 Sep. 2021
• Because Jordan is such a lightning rod for the left, the tweet earned O'Connor nearly 8,000 retweets.
  — Dan Merica, CNN, 8 July 2021
• The conduct of police, and the type of warrant used, has made the case a lightning rod for the Black Lives Matter movement.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• But can a $2 million laser compete with a dirt-cheap lightning rod?
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 16 Jan. 2023
• Like a giant lightning rod, the tower gets hit with lightning more than 100 times a year.
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 16 Jan. 2023
• Youssef’s words struck a chord, as the Israel-Hamas War is a lightning rod in Hollywood.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
• Part of the interest in this work is the tension between those shingles and the amber-glass orb on the lightning rod.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
• Rarely is a reliever, outside of closers, a lightning rod for a fan base.
  — Jorge Castillo Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
• The movie had been in theaters for all of 24 hours — plenty of time to become a cultural lightning rod.
  — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
• Phillips has been a lightning rod for frustrated Bears fans.
  — Andrew Seligman, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022
• The concept known as critical race theory is the new lightning rod of the GOP.
  — Bryan Anderson, Star Tribune, 24 June 2021
• The tax provisions of the new law have been a lightning rod for conservatives.
  — Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• But Cruz was a lightning rod since well before Trump’s defeat.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2021
• That was also a bit of a lightning rod, and some of his opinions were again presented as fact-based.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• Rollins, 50, has emerged as a lightning rod in the national debate over crime and policing.
  — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
• The famous family has always been a bit of a lightning rod.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 5 Nov. 2020
• The Tower of the Americas pierces the San Antonio sky like a lightning rod.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2022
• There are standards that have to be followed by those installing lightning rods.
  — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Texas has been a lightning rod for the automotive business as of late.
  — Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• Real Madrid’s star winger, Vinicius Junior, has been a lightning rod for fans looking to racially abuse players.
  — Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• Affordable housing is a lightning rod in Chandler that has drawn massive backlash from residents.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024