Example Sentences
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The hour and minute hands glowed in the dark, so the owner could make out the time when returning to her suite at the Paris Ritz after the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Like the store’s sign, the sky glowed Big Orange, hex code #F96302, or Pantone 165 C, available in the paint department inside.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
Siphonophores -- largely translucent creatures in fanciful shapes resembling toddlers' drawings -- glowed as they drifted by, and silver, fingernail-sized fish skittered out of the sub's wake.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
The dining room glowed like a film set, its gently arched brick and brass softening Barcelona’s usual edge.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
Filled with chunks of frozen seal and fitted with a long cotton wick, it glowed and made blue shadows dance against the walls.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
