scintillate

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.

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

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

Djokovic brawling against Nadal for the 53rd time — Djokovic leads, 27-25 — is expected to scintillate.

What’s compelling in newsprint, or for that matter in life, does not always scintillate when turned into a play.