Example Sentences

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The burn was an image of the sun’s corona, its halo-like outer rim.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

He invented a halo-like device and a helmet that could deliver electromagnetic pulses to specific neural regions.

From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2017

Young’s lone painting depicts power lines in the dark, illuminated in the center by a halo-like glow.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2016

My gaze was caught by the head and its halo-like hairdo with two curves framing the face.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2010

She moved closer to the mirror and stood there sweeping hair up from her neck back into its halo-like roll, and wetting with spit the ringlets that fell over her ears.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison