luminous

In John Banville’s novel, the luminous city of Venice becomes a sinister maze for a newly married writer.

Most massive stars that explode as supernovae are the brightest and most luminous objects in the sky.

Ryan Roberts is the new principal oboe, and he had a luminous solo in the “Alpine.”

She structures her book as a travelogue, skipping from continent to continent; each chapter’s a banger, rendered in a luminous translation by Megan McDowell.

The luminous, pink color spreading across the Santa Monica Bay is from a temporary, nontoxic dye that researchers are using to study how ocean circulation might contribute to the bay’s poor water quality.