luminesced

past tense of luminesce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminesced
Verb
  • The Argentina crest was sewn on the night beforehand, alongside the logo of shirt manufacturer Le Coq Sportif — who, of course, had not actually made these shirts — while the shirt numbers were silver-gray, glittered, and designed for American football jerseys.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • The blue-green ocean glittered on the horizon.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • His jaw tightened as beads of sweat gleamed on his forehead.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • They were layered over a gold dress designed by Nike, striped with sequins which shimmered and sparkled in the Paris sunshine.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Every windshield crack, manhole, grainy photograph, and autopsy discrepancy shimmered with potential significance.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • The lab glowed like a jewel in the distance, and around him bioluminescent plankton shone like stars.
    Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 6 June 2026
  • May's full Blue Moon put on a dazzling display over the weekend, flooding the night sky with moonlight as the red supergiant star Antares glowed nearby.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Days earlier, at Makapuu Beach on the eastern shoreline of Oahu, the water glimmered with an unusual greenish tint, prompting people to head to beaches down the road where the water seemed clearer.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Around a pond near the Lincoln Memorial, some 10,000 tea lights glimmered in little paper bags.
    Noam Levey, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The long curving claws of white ivory glistened their deadly threat.
    Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Only a shimmer of chicken fat glistened on the surface.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • The silver Chrysler Sebring glinted when the sun kissed the parking lot in Temple, Texas, sitting by its lonesome.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • This tour walks the trail blazed by Cathy Aguado, who discovered the monarchs’ overwintering site in 1975.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • As Cuciuffo blazed over, Maradona had continued his run in behind Fenwick and been flattened with a blatant elbow.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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“Luminesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminesced. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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