How to Use halo in a Sentence

halo

noun
  • The gassy halo means that the area could form clusters of stars.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The drabness of it all emits a ... a sheen, as if the grime had a halo — her.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The white meat of the belly is covered in a fried, crunchy halo.
    Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The frosty halo on top is frozen coconut milk and lime juice.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the months since, though, the industry’s halo has lost a bit of luster.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022
  • And now, Arellano’s loved ones said, the man of many hats wears a new one: the halo of an angel.
    Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Or be as simple as a little owl in the porch light’s halo.
    Carl Safina, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
  • This causes the comet to appear brighter by increasing the size of the fuzzy halo around it.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
  • With the halo, Justin would have to stay attached to the weight-pulley system for hours.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022
  • These are firm, yellow, and pea-like bumps with red halo and may itch.
    Barbie Cervoni, Ms, Rd, Cdces, Cdn, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Jesus sports a halo and a beard, and his eyes are closed, in contrast to the open eyes of the disciples.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • From afar, the dancers of Syzokryli look like dolls with floral halos—vinki—around their heads.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And the glint of its IPO halo helped boost sales all year, according to the company.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
  • My favorite detail is the halo of tulle around the model’s head.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 15 June 2023
  • Kate's now-iconic Cartier halo tiara and a long veil finished off the look.
    Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The logo, which combines the pitchfork and a halo pays homage to Sun Devil supporters of the past and present.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In part, that’s because of the surrounding cloudy halo.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The halos’ strong gravity sucked in gas, which collapsed to form stars.
    Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The merger changed everything: the course of the Milky Way’s halo, inner bulge and flattened disk.
    Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Consider the halo a more relaxed version of the bowl cut.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The ring appeared to be white gold and featured a halo of diamonds.
    Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Bleached so light, her hair appears almost like a glow-in-the-dark halo in her TikTok videos.
    Anna Grace Lee, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The entire waffle is like the outer edge that spills out from the iron, creating a halo of crunch.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The faux stone was surrounded by a halo of more white rhinestones, which snaked over her hips and around her back.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The sun, directly behind me, gave my shadow a halo.
    Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The ring features a 12-carat sapphire set in a halo of 14 round brilliant diamonds.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 26 June 2026
  • That golden halo atop your espresso?
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • Commoditization at the bottom of a market brightens the halo at the top.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026
  • Jamon drew hints of his son’s halo.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • One poster depicted Messi with a halo above his brown spikes.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026

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