luminesced

past tense of luminesce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminesced
Verb
  • Her hands would burn or go numb; her skin glittered with pain.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For the occasion, Stone glittered in a silver halter dress and looked radiant with golden blonde hair.
    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lakes gleamed like molten metal in the dryness and on the horizon a faint squiggle of suede-soft mountains.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The offense gleamed with creativity and deception in the first game under offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The gold and cream jacquard shimmered with each movement, the intricate pattern gave the suit a rich, almost tapestry-like dimension.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Perhaps because the testing period doesn’t begin until 2026, the room shimmered with the optimism of a hundred as yet undisproved hypotheses.
    Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The scientists were also able to create modified phosphors that glowed in colors like green, red, and blue.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The wristbands on every concert attendees' wrist glowed bright red and the crowd roared.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The afro-mohawk, big gold chain, sideburns, yellow sleeveless vest, blue shorts and a layer of sweat that glistened his forehead.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Pans, scoured, hung from hooks; knives glinted in ascending size.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Either way, the young guns blazed through the trials.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Homicide detectives launched an investigation in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, after a festivalgoer reported finding the body as the festival's iconic giant effigy blazed at the site, authorities confirmed Sunday.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jumbotrons at Tiananmen Square beamed the image to the 50,000 people gathered under the beating Beijing sun to witness the spectacle, many waving small Chinese flags, while state media transmitted it to televisions across China and the world.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • One shot showed the country singer holding the couple's 14-month-old daughter, Iris Evelaine, as Sykes, 27, beamed beside them, cradling her bump and holding a strip of sonogram photos.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Luminesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminesced. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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