Sentence examples for like a headlight from inspiring English sources

His intellect swings across its subjects like a headlight, and, once it locks on, won't let go until it's seen what it wants us to see.

The account of a local official, named Timothy Kankasa, of seeing a smaller plane flying above and then alongside the Albertina "shining a beam like a headlight on it".

Mat Maneri drew a bow across his viola then, producing a ghostly high note that shot through the haze, like a headlight's beam.

"It's like a headlight scattered by fog: The headlight looks bigger," says Woo.

The entertainment system also lets you control some of the vehicle's functions like a headlight flasher, door locking and unlocking, and — for good effect — the horn.

It grew dark, and I couldn't help but notice there were no lights on the aircraft but for one on the nose, which pointed straight ahead--like a headlight, which seemed odd.

There's a countryside expression: 'At the moment they're like rabbits with a headlight on them'.

"Pressure is being at Macclesfield, dealing with players on £300 a week, who hang on every word you say and stare at you like rabbits in a headlight.

Their manufacturers say the products can remove the discoloration and return a headlight to like-new condition.

A projector hummed in the rear, its beam cutting the gloom like a locomotive headlight.

Or suppose you miss a payment and your car insurance lapses, and then you're stopped for something like a broken headlight (about $130 for the bulb alone).