luminesced

past tense of luminesce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminesced
Verb
  • Just as the sun glittered over the horizon, a big doe emerged from the blinding glare, followed by a great gray buck.
    Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
  • By the time the tour hit Vancouver − her last stop on the Eras Tour – the stage glittered with two flyover cameras, jib arms, rolling camera tracks along the stage and microphones aimed squarely at the crowd.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An abundance of kitschy wall decorations (fuzzy dice, fake flowers, party streamers) gleamed under flashing lights, casting the room in lurid shades of pink and green.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Using Essie’s Good as Gold layered with Lights Lacquer glitter, the team achieved nails that gleamed like jewelry.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Audra McDonald McDonald shimmered in a long-sleeve midi dress with allover jewel and sequin detailing.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This week, London shimmered with star power as Damson Idris, David Oyelowo, and Deborah Ayorinde attended The British Blacklist’s Blacklisted Honours Lunch, while Naomi Campbell, Janet Jackson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor lit up the British Museum Ball.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even from a boat, the gleaming white of bleached and dead corals glowed from beneath the surface.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Gabrielle Union glowed with glossy lips and sky-high lashes, and Viola Davis added a playful edge with a pop of blue eyeliner.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Around a pond near the Lincoln Memorial, some 10,000 tea lights glimmered in little paper bags.
    Noam Levey, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Textures glimmered with the surrealism of gaming skins.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The model glistened from head to toe, completing her look with a pair of transparent Gianvito Rossi pumps.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That summer of 1996 felt like a golden time, but Wembley no longer glistened.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chalk dust glinted like pollen or asbestos in the sunshine coming through the window.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Pans, scoured, hung from hooks; knives glinted in ascending size.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Streetlamps were ignited, and storefront windows blazed with light.
    Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the trail's already been blazed, other companies have cleared the path forward and proven what's possible, and the Aridge team has proven itself capable of getting things built, if not preventing them from banging together.
    Loz Blain October 16, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Luminesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminesced. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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