high beam
or highbeam
an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.
Origin of high beam
1- Compare low beam.
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How to use high beam in a sentence
There ensconcing themselves on a high beam, they soon forgot the cobwebs in the interest of the debate.
'That Very Mab' | May Kendall and Andrew LangPresently there was a glow of yellow light which illuminated the whole gymnasium and rested especially upon the high beam.
When Sarah Went to School | Elsie SingmasterThe cat curled himself in front of the fire, while the cock flew up on a high beam.
The Beacon Second Reader | James H. FassettThe older girls climbed the ladder to a high beam, and then would shoot off on to the soft hay far below.
Cricket at the Seashore | Elizabeth Westyn TimlowThe other bear—the one that fell from the high beam—had the handsomest black, glossy pelt I have ever seen.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's | Charles Asbury Stephens
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