Sentence examples for the headlights from inspiring English sources

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the headlights

noun

A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.

synonyms

headlamp

breast

nipples

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They're rabbits in the headlights again.

The Guardian - Sport

"And McCain was caught in the headlights.

The New Yorker

Crusted snow glittered in the headlights.

The New Yorker

Then the headlights grasped him.

The New Yorker

Again Villa seemed caught in the headlights.

The Guardian - Sport

Thus, the deer in the headlights.

The Guardian - Opinion

"We were deer in the headlights".

The New Yorker

"Yet we are paralyzed in the headlights.

The New York Times

They're like deer in the headlights".

The New York Times - Travel

We're like deer in the headlights".

The New Yorker

Similar(1)

NO deer-caught-in-the-headlights stares.

The New York Times

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