Example Sentences

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I’m not ashamed to admit that there have been times when those 32-ounce tubs just stare at me day after day, haloed by the refrigerator light, moving further from consumable and closer to petri dish.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

“The way her hijab haloed Nour’s head” gives her a saintly presence, “or so Jimmy thought.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Angels pride was evident throughout the space, from the beer mirrors on the wall to the black plastic coaster stand adorned with a large red haloed “A.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Bentley favors the golden hour, filming his human and equine characters in silhouette, haloed by burnished, amber light.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2022

I think sometimes that he was an invention, and in some ways he is, because when the young are killed, they are haloed by all that was possible, all that was plundered.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates