aureole
Example Sentences
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This childishly wily Mary is a very damp match for Catherine McCormack’s pitiless Elizabeth and her aureole of fabulous, if anachronistic, hair.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018
Dark wood stain applied in the center of three interlocking aureole forms gives one floor-sculpture the appearance of a giant bouquet of Van Gogh’s sunflowers — a symbol of happiness now bloated and earthbound.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2018
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 Duke gazed at the object of his adoration in a kind of rapture, seeing already the wings on her shoulders, the aureole about her head.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.