as in stuns
to overpower with light
skiers were dazzled by the glare off of the slopes of freshly packed snow
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Recent Examples of dazzles
The first hotel in Taormina, Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo still dazzles guests with views and history that have been here for more than a century.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Jasmine Warga dazzles me with the variety of her books.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
London is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that dazzles with history, culture, and endless activities.
—Rachel Shoemaker, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
And in Ackie’s hands, Nasha leaps off the page and dazzles on screen.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
Samsung Smartwatch Deal Samsung dazzles with big-screen devices, but their wearables are equally impressive.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
The Taurids Meteor Shower—which dazzles stargazers every year from late October through into November—will soon reach its peak, when the spectacle is best viewed.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Continue to Fayetteville, aka Razorback Country, where the University of Arkansas campus dazzles in autumn with hundreds of sugar maples.
—AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Peter Boyle dazzles as the singing, destructive and outgoing Monster.
—The Know, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Jasmine Warga dazzles me with the variety of her books.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
London is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that dazzles with history, culture, and endless activities.
—Rachel Shoemaker, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
And in Ackie’s hands, Nasha leaps off the page and dazzles on screen.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
Samsung Smartwatch Deal Samsung dazzles with big-screen devices, but their wearables are equally impressive.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
The Taurids Meteor Shower—which dazzles stargazers every year from late October through into November—will soon reach its peak, when the spectacle is best viewed.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Continue to Fayetteville, aka Razorback Country, where the University of Arkansas campus dazzles in autumn with hundreds of sugar maples.
—AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Peter Boyle dazzles as the singing, destructive and outgoing Monster.
—The Know, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazzles
Verb
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The versatile shade stuns on its own, layered under chrome, or baked into a design.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Trump's attack stuns the world.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That’s why vertical blinds top designer Brittny Button’s list of no-go window treatments.—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
2 Jan. 2026
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Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, the show imagines Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
6 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The scent is beautifully soft—a gentle blend of leather, iris, and jasmine that never overwhelms the room.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
4 Jan. 2026
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Much of the first half of the novel is given over to claustrophobic atmosphere that overwhelms the wide open country all around them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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