aureole

And everything is framed by an aureole of crisp fern leaves reaching to the canvas’s edges — a many-pointed crown.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

The heart of “Aeronauts,” not surprisingly, is what happens as the balloon goes higher and higher, as salutations like “clouds ahoy” are exchanged and wonders like an aureole or circular rainbow are observed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2019

That will allow the heat to extend farther into the country rock, creating a larger aureole.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

“I love you, Papa,” she said, her smile an aureole of smeared toothpaste and happiness.

From Nature ● Mar. 12, 2014

The rays of the aureole, which, half an hour before, had vibrated so slowly as scarcely to disturb the eye, were quickened to a new life.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter

What remains are assembled pieces of natural wood — here, lengthy shims and wedges — now glued together to form sunbursts and aureoles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2018

David Hertzberg’s “Ellébore” was a pretty little thing about a flower in the snow, with icy piano figures throwing off little cold aureoles of notes from the violins.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2017

When contact metamorphism occurs deeper in the Earth, metamorphism can be seen as rings of facies around the intrusion, resulting in aureoles.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

Contact metamorphic aureoles are typically quite small, from just a few centimetres around small dykes and sills, to as much as 100 m around a large stock.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

We have shut off every light in the house itself; the reef runs no longer beneath the sea like a vein of golden light, nor do the windows cast aureoles upon the sleeping water.

From The House Under the Sea A Romance by Sir Max Pemberton