How to Use low beam in a Sentence

low beam

noun
  • The car's headlights were on low beam.
  • Turn on your low beams.
  • The low beams are far too dim and sit too low for safety.
    Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • If driving, slow down, use low beam lights and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2021
  • And when driving in snowy conditions, put your headlights on the low beam setting.
    Nerd Wallet, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Allow more distance between you and the vehicle ahead of you, and have your low beam headlights on.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The automaker says the running lights will keep working if the driver moves the headlight switch from auto to the low beam position.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Frequently, one — sometimes the left, other times the right and occasionally both — of the low beams will go out.
    Ray Magliozzi, The Seattle Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The weather service is urging people across the greater Houston region to slow down on the road and use low beam headlights or fog lamps to aid in travel.
    Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2018
  • At night, keep your headlights on low beam to avoid glare, and leave at least double the typical following distance between yourself and the car in front of you.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The National Weather Service is urging people to slow down and use low beams while driving.
    Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Ricks urged drivers in the New Orleans area to use caution over the coming 24 hours, including driving with headlights on a low beam and at a slower speed.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The weather service issued a dense fog advisory through 11 a.m. Thursday and warned drivers to be alert and keep headlights on low beam.
    Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • When driving in foggy conditions, leave the low beam headlights burning.
    oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Night shift: The LED headlights illuminated the road nicely, although the cutoff was a little steep at the top, so distance vision was a little hard on low beam.
    Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The cornering lamps enhance visibility at low and high speeds, as well as when changing lanes or when reversing, and increase the foreground pattern width of the low beams by 60 percent.
    Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The left and right side reflex reflector and left side low beam reflector may inadequately reflect light.
    Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The left and right side reflex reflector and left side low beam reflector may inadequately reflect light.
    Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
  • When driving in conditions with low visibility, motorists should proceed slowly with their headlights on low beam, the AAA advises.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 29 Jan. 2022

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