effulgence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of effulgence
Example Sentences
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“There was not a breath of air. This terrific fall came down in perfectly perpendicular lines; and as the lightning rushed through it, it illuminated with its ghastly effulgence a broad sheet of water.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2020
Because Loomis Todd is played by Kathleen Chalfant, an actress of rigor and effulgence, the play also provides a master class in how to take a shopworn form and make it nearly new.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2019
But the effulgence of “No Shape” frees Hadreas.
From The New Yorker • May 8, 2017
On a clear day icebergs can be seen at a long distance, owing to their brightness, and at night to their effulgence.
From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2012
It grew dark, the approaching night—langui- nous, honey-mellow, luminous—gleamed with a seraphic effulgence.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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