1
: producing light
a glowing computer screen
: shining with or as if with warmth or heat
a glowing fire
Night falls and suddenly you see glowing eyes everywhere.—
Michelle Barker
Michelle Barker2
a
: marked by a rich, warm coloration
… small hotels and apartment houses in the south Miami Beach area … have been refurbished in glowing sunset colors …—Time
Time
b
: radiantly healthful
a glowing complexion
glowing good health
Madge, whom he had always liked the least of the Lapham girls, was rosy, glowing, and beaming.—Esther Forbes
Esther Forbes3
: highly enthusiastic and favorable
a movie that has received glowing reviews
a glowing introduction
a glowing description
glowingly
adverb
Over small cups of strong coffee in a cheerless reception room, he spoke glowingly of his native land.
—Burton Bernstein
Burton Bernstein
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The light from the heat lamp makes a glowing red line on the curved side of the phone.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Her dress burns like the end of a glowing cast iron.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2025
This is what the round red pinhole is for—simply hold it up to one of your eyes and look through it, scanning the room for a glowing red light.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The patty cooked to a perfect medium, slightly larger than his ideal five ounces, and sans the tomatoes, gets a fairly glowing review (which can’t be said of every spot).
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
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Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Her dress burns like the end of a glowing cast iron.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2025
This is what the round red pinhole is for—simply hold it up to one of your eyes and look through it, scanning the room for a glowing red light.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The patty cooked to a perfect medium, slightly larger than his ideal five ounces, and sans the tomatoes, gets a fairly glowing review (which can’t be said of every spot).
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for glowing
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“Glowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glowing. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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