dazzle
verb (used with object)
to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light.
are dazzling
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present progressiveof dazzle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Ali Della Bitta’s clay-and-mixed-media pieces, shown by Artist Estate Studio, are dazzling assemblages that tread the line between delicacy and solidity, playfulness and solemnity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Cheesy Shrimp Canapés, on the other hand, are dazzling and have a little more to say.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024
The winemaker Maggie Harrison’s painstaking blends are dazzling diners and critics — and upending long-held notions about how winemaking is supposed to work.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Judge Reinhardt’s clerks are dazzling, particularly to a young lawyer committed to public service.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2020
It is hard to be singular, and to foster reliance on the invisible, when all around us are dazzling examples of the success attending the other course.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
