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
This is a big-budget soap opera of a video game fantasy where battles, which erupt often, are dazzling displays of hyperactive sword blades that attack with images of fire and ice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
But there also is another, more primitive allure: Like most gems, American stones are dazzling.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
Hercules fighting the Hydra of Lerna, Salome, Jacob and the Angel, Moses exposed upon the Nile, are dazzling phantoms, which, eluding the literal text of history, recede to the depths of an unknown past.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
