aglare
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of aglare
Example Sentences
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There was a waving of hands and handkerchiefs from the little station, aglare in the early afternoon sun.
From Different Girls by Various
It was as though we were lunching in a New York subway station: a great, vaulted, white-tiled room aglare with electric lights.
From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
In imagination I can see your great ship, with all its portholes aglare, ploughing across the darkness to America.
From Carry On Letters in War-Time by Dawson, Coningsby
The lot, aglare with arc-lights, was bedecked with ribbons, gauze and artificial flowers that radiated from a pole in the centre to the boundaries of the enclosure.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
Richling did not get back to the Doctor’s house until night had fallen and the sky was set aglare by seven miles’ length of tortuous harbor front covered with millions’ worth of burning merchandise.
From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington
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