scintillate

Example Sentences

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Liverpool certainly didn't scintillate with their display in the Midlands but they showed the resilience of champions.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Space telescopes see the universe undistorted by Earth’s atmosphere, whose shifting air causes stars to scintillate, or twinkle, and whose gas molecules block many wavelengths entirely, including much of the infrared.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2022

Its luminous blue twilight sky and inky shadows scintillate while New Yorkers with little skull faces go about their business.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021

Serving that theme means not adding scintillating fictional details just to scintillate and, more importantly, not perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019

At last the moon appeared on the horizon, and its rays made the waters of the Rhine scintillate softly.

From Annouchka A Tale by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich