aglow
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When it was over, I felt oddly aglow and weightless.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The sky behind it is aglow with a bright golden hue that rises through orange and red into a warm chestnut brown, suggesting night.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024
Below deck, aglow with the light of a dozen computer monitors, is the Combat Information Centre.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024
Adding to this trio of celestial jewels, a waxing crescent moon will be aglow with light from the Earth shortly after sunset.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Years later, a reporter described how he’d still pace before a fire “like a leashed animal. He nervously rubbed his hands into the flames. His rather ruddy face was aglow with cold and excitement.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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