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verb

present participle of glow

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Recent Examples of glowing
Adjective
Giants first baseman Dom Smith, who played with Devers in Boston last season, offered a glowing endorsement of his former teammate. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 June 2025 That shopper isn’t the only person who left a glowing review. Shea Simmons, People.com, 15 June 2025
Verb
The sounds of guttural growls and bone-chilling howls will once again echo throughout the pitch-black forest outside a Bavarian village when a new roller coaster with a familiar name and glowing red eyes returns to Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025 The townsfolk run for cover as the glowing red eyes and bone-chilling howls signal the return of the terrifying creature. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glowing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glowing
Adjective
  • 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
  • Her next shining moment comes when two young sisters enter the hospital.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.
    Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The Royals are betting Cruz’s future remains bright.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
  • After all, when the sun is so bright and the water so warm, who would ever want the summer to end?
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • In Alaska, warm and dry conditions coupled with frequent thunderstorms and lightning have resulted in more than 100 fires since Wednesday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
  • Concrete and asphalt radiate heat absorbed during the day, making urban areas typically several degrees warmer than rural areas, the weather service said.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Most feature a king-size bed, wood-burning stove, plenty of knotty wood furniture, and fresh white linens.
    Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Glowing collarbones, shimmering shoulders, and luminous legs are all part of the summer story.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 27 June 2025
  • The color in the glass is a delicate but luminous pale pink, with reflections reminiscent of rose petals or light salmon.
    Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Warm Oak Cabinets Are Back—and More Modern Than Ever Best Wall Colors for Wood Cabinets with Red Undertones To balance ruddy brown tones in cherry and red oak cabinetry, designer Sarah Kahn Turner of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath goes for warm, saturated colors tempered with gray.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2025
  • For a star, which can emit light at essentially all colors, this means sometimes its red light is bent toward you and blue is bent away, so the star appears ruddy.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Martha Stewart—still radiant at 83—is but one famous fan of the minimalist brand.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 June 2025
  • The former childhood sweethearts appeared radiant on social media during and after their outdoor ceremony, which took place at Grandfather Mountain Country Club in Linville, N.C. Drake is 22.
    Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025

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“Glowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glowing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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