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Adjective

bright, brilliant, radiant, luminous, lustrous mean shining or glowing with light. bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light. brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light. luminous implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness. lustrous stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without glittering.

Examples of radiant in a Sentence

Adjective She had a radiant inner glow. She looked radiant at her wedding.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Lopez, 52, looked radiant in a gorgeous red dress, wearing her hair in a loose updo with face-framing layers while keeping her glam fresh and natural. — Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2022 Nyborg, played by the astonishing Danish actor Sidse Babett Knudsen, was a magnetic politician with a radiant smile and an assassin’s instinct toward her opponents. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 June 2022 Starr has always been brilliant at showing us the cold-eyed psychotic killer behind the radiant all-American smile, and here the actor dials it up even more to show us a psychotic superhero fast reaching a breaking point. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 May 2022 Relatives remembered Danae Williams’ radiant smile, her love for her dog, her sense of humor and passion for adventures and tasting new foods. — oregonlive, 11 May 2022 Your once radiant smile won’t look the same one day. — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 Adele looked radiant in a flowing, multicolored tunic dress and oversized black sunglasses. — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2022 Infused with retinol, hyaluronic acid, a special blend of omega-rich botanical oils and the antioxidant-rich hemp extracts CBD and CBG, this dual-acting serum reveals the most radiant complexion overnight. — Katie Shapiro, Forbes, 3 May 2022 Essentially, this delivery is powered through a fast-moving aerosol mist made of tiny, rapid-moving droplets that bypass the skin barrier—leaving users with a more radiant, youthful-looking complexion. — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The square-radiant-shaped, 1.79-carat, fancy-vivid-purplish-pink diamond was originally called the Stella Diamond. — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 17 June 2022 In a photograph posted to Instagram early last March, Judith Kasiama is the absolute picture of alpine joy, posed on a summit with a smile as radiant as the snow frosting the peak beneath her feet. — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2018 Its radiant -- the point from which meteor paths appear to come from -- rises in midevening, is highest around 2 a.m. local time and is low in the sky by dawn. — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 July 2022 The actress has been looking radiant in various swimsuits from the new collection this summer. — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2022 For the Delta Aquariids, its radiant is the constellation Aquarius. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2022 However, the tau Herculid radiant – where the meteors appear to be originating from – will be high in the night sky at the forecast peak time. — Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 May 2022 Here though, its cleansing balm brings together lotus flower, marshmallow root, and lady’s mantle to leave skin more radiant after one use. — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2022 Jello Skin was coined by TikTok user and beauty fanatic Ava Lee, who says the trend will not only leave your skin radiant but also healthy and plump. — Ebony Williams, ajc, 17 June 2022 See More

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