as in shimmering
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as in sparkling
to give off sparks
we watched contentedly as our campfire scintillated in the darkness
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as in gleaming
to shoot forth bursts of light
the diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight
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Recent Examples of scintillating
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
Overall, not the most scintillating evening of political discourse ever to grace a presidential debate stage.
—Paul Beckett, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
But this was an early glimpse at the most scintillating story line of the season: Who’ll claim the starting spot behind center after the graduation of Dorian-Thompson Robinson?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
All that scandalous hubbub was more scintillating than what actually happened on screen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller.
—Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
The Aztecs lost the opening tip, but that was about the only thing that didn’t go their way in a scintillating 12 minutes.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
Overall, not the most scintillating evening of political discourse ever to grace a presidential debate stage.
—Paul Beckett, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
But this was an early glimpse at the most scintillating story line of the season: Who’ll claim the starting spot behind center after the graduation of Dorian-Thompson Robinson?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
All that scandalous hubbub was more scintillating than what actually happened on screen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller.
—Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scintillating
Verb
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The result is glowing, dancing auroras.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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When a comet approaches the Sun, the heat causes the ice in the nucleus to sublimate (turn directly from solid to gas), creating a glowing halo of gas and dust around the nucleus called the coma.—
Jess Thomson,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The massive textured gown featured an ombre yellow color and glittering embellishments. 09 of 16 Keira Knightley Keira Knightley stepped out to the Le Grand Dîner du Louvre in Paris in Chanel FW24 Couture.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The dress also featured an ornate cape with even more glittering details throughout.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Without that tip, the focus on O’Keefe’s death may have remained on a car accident in a blinding snow blizzard, hampering claims during the first trial that Read’s boyfriend had been killed inside the Fairview Road property and that his body had been dumped out in the snow.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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By morning, the ache had metastasized into a blinding migraine.—
Cassidy Randall,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2024
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Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.—
Caryn James,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Kentucky’s other glaring issue is interrupting the passing lanes.—
The Athletic,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps the most glaring example of that was Ed, who was very into the 1990s swing craze and dressed in a way that reflected that.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Scintillating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scintillating. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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