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scintillating

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verb

present participle of scintillate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of scintillating
Adjective
O’Neal took to Instagram early Friday (May 10) to serve up a scintillating and long-winded response on his Instagram featuring a photo that had Sharpe ranked at the No. 51 best player of all time. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 The Aztecs lost the opening tip, but that was about the only thing that didn’t go their way in a scintillating 12 minutes. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024 Overall, not the most scintillating evening of political discourse ever to grace a presidential debate stage. Paul Beckett, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023 But this was an early glimpse at the most scintillating story line of the season: Who’ll claim the starting spot behind center after the graduation of Dorian-Thompson Robinson? Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for scintillating
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scintillating
Verb
  • Over 12,000 glowing Amazon ratings back up the hype.
    Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The episode follows Maria (Siena Kelly), a food researcher whose latest project receives a glowing review from a focus group subject named Verity (Rosy McEwen), one of Maria's ex-classmates who was relentlessly bullied in school.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Outside of the emotional rollercoaster of Keisha and Justin’s romance, the series offers generous and glittering depictions of family, friendship and young adulthood.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • Leave it to Cartier to make the night’s most glittering party feel like an intimate encore.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Still, some options will also include a red light setting, which produces less of a blinding effect for others, and strobe effects for emergency signaling.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
  • The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.
    Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • This user experience gap is a glaring oversight that leaves many customers frustrated, confused and wondering if the futuristic fintech promises were just clever marketing.
    Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Brunson’s game-winning, ice-cold three only numbed the pain the Knicks endured — pain a better opponent will continue to impose on a team that has shown more glaring holes than bright spots.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025

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“Scintillating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scintillating. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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