luminesces

present tense third-person singular of luminesce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminesces
Verb
  • Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing gleams as beautifully as a white kitchen.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The lasers converge and somehow create what looks like a circular portal to another planet which shimmers and spins.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This technique often is used with fencing to create a visual barrier and to startle geese when the tape shimmers in the breeze.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the endless daylight of the Arctic summer, the tapetum lucidum, a mirror-like layer behind the retina, glows golden, reflecting light efficiently to prevent overexposure.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Under federal law, trunks of cars built after 2002 are required to contain a mechanical release lever inside the trunk that is easy to find and glows in the dark.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Next to a rocky limestone cliff, a small lake covered with lilies and algae glistens beside a crumbling 19th-century building that resembles an Ottoman bathhouse.
    Jennifer Walker, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This estimates the bike's position and mass in real time, and beams that to the rider aids for more precise cornering ABS and wheelie control intervention so the bike can hold a tight line.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The result is a film that glimmers with moments of wit and melancholy but never settles into coherence.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Where a cistern once hid beneath the floor to collect rainwater, an outdoor pool now glimmers.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Every ingredient at Tacos Oaxaca shines in its own way.
    Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The bankruptcy shines a spotlight on how millions of Americans are hurting from the high cost of living and sluggish job market.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The record was created with Shellback and Max Martin in between shows on the career-spanning Eras Tour, which lit a fire in the singer-songwriter that blazes across each of its 12 tracks.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, dry fall weather in Southern California played a role in fueling major fires, like the Eaton and Palisades blazes, only weeks before the state’s typical period of atmospheric river storm events.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Luminesces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminesces. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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