Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for candescent
Adjective
  • Two meteor showers and a luminous supermoon will light up the California night sky in October.
    Mike Haskey, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The comet's nucleus will be shrouded in a luminous halo of gas and dust, with a long tail streaming out behind.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The best shining example of something that was influenced by us is the British version of The Office.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Attendees rode in support of and alongside community member Eva Zamora, who is a shining example of how to live your best life with Parkinson’s disease and takes cycle classes at EōS regularly, a news release stated.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • To see the longest glowing debris trains, set your gaze 40 degrees above the radiant after allowing your eyes to adjust to the dark for 30 minutes.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Afterwards, walk through the dazzling Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, pausing to admire the glass dome and beautiful mosaic floors (but beware of pickpockets).
    Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Every ounce of it was on display when Mitchell initially made that dazzling catch against the Rams.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Rooms around her, their doors still painted bright yellow from when the hotel was a boutique property, started to empty out.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The future is bright for this organization.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The result is skin that feels calm, hydrated, and radiant.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This year, at the 2025 Breezy Bowl XX Official Tour After Party, Monica was radiant in long, parted hair with dark pink lipstick and eyeshadow.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This year, the rumors swirl, a constant, low hum: Outer Heaven and Cuatro Gato, two more flickering lights, are expected to fade.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • But there’s more flickering contrast in Narayan van Maele’s lensing, which alternates dun realism with occasionally hyperreal lighting and composition, particularly when the pagan promise of fire is in the frame.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
Adjective
  • And her chihuahua, Betty, had pink glittery nails and a pink glittery collar, and her shiny name tag.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Can a record be shiny and also kind of earthy and spare, in the whole?
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Candescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candescent. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!