phosphorescence
Example Sentences
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The music stops, the lights return to the usual sickly phosphorescence, and the administrator pulls his usual demeanor back to formality as everyone recovers from their shock.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025
Abiotic minerals also emit their own light, called phosphorescence.
From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2022
But the phosphorescence of her work is not dimmed.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021
I’m staring down, where dolphins are magically lit by phosphorescence.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018
They sank leaving a trail of phosphorescence in the water.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
