How to Use green light in a Sentence

green light

noun
  • That alignment is your green light.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • That driver had a green light, cops said.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • High school sports teams got the green light to start playing.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2021
  • These fish tacos give a green light to eating with our hands.
    — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • All the sort of stagecraft and blocks and green lights and stuff.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Sharpe’s role doesn’t come with a green light or a play call drawn up in his name.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Flagg owns a neon green light to continue to fail.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Buses get all green lights during rush hour.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Joining her in neon pink and green lights were more than a dozen dancers on tiered steps.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The exemption isn't a full green light though.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Maryland picked a great week to give sports betting the green light.
    — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Some businesses get folks to shine green lights at them to move them.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • All three have the proverbial green light on the perimeter.
    — Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There can be rough patches and detours, stop signs and green lights.
    — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 2 Dec. 2024
  • If the timing is right, his base runners have the green light to steal.
    — Dallas News, 23 July 2022
  • Play some old-school backyard games like hide-and-seek, red light-green light and tag.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2021
  • So, everything is a green light.
    — Acoloma, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Just because your hair is braided doesn't give you the green light to skip wash day.
    — Danielle James, Allure, 13 Apr. 2026
  • On the chart were two columns, one headed by a red light and one with a green light.
    — Bryan Stallings, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
  • All but two on a 16-man roster have a green light to shoot from long range.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But the kids had a blast, so giving the pre-teen turnup the green light was worth it.
    — Jessica Herndon, Marie Claire, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Does the scoreboard really have a green light next to her name?
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Whatever gets the green light, the road is in need of repair.
    — Rachel Ryan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2021
  • Rasshan has been given the Murray-like green light.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • With the green light to shoot, Grant’s percentages dropped off.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The credits scene ends with a red light turning off and a green light switching on.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The plans could still change and the project could get the green light eventually.
    — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 19 July 2021
  • Police said that the car was driving westbound through a green light at the time.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • My teammates gave me the confidence to go out there and shoot the ball—green light.
    — Doyle Rader, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Although the wind caused some damage, managers gave the green light for the launch.
    — Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2022

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