aureola
Example Sentences
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My theory is that there is a human aureola.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is enclosed in a cusped aureola formed of several coloured bands of green, violet, and rose.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley
My head swam with a whirl of strange thoughts, and Bethulah, already divine to me, took on a dazzling aureola, sailed away into some strange supernatural ether.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
They are generally surrounded by an aureola known as the penumbra, and sensibly less luminous than the other portions of the orb.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 by Robert Chambers
She floated into the sunny breakfast-room in an aureola of white lace, with Janet beside her, and followed by Inness and Baker.
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Constance Fenimore Woolson
