The darkness of a crisis in life often acts like the twilight before dawn leading to the effulgence of the sun. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
"effulgence," this word means either that which radiates out from a light or the reflection which comes back. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews] Reference
"We'll have the full effulgence, if you please.". From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
At the first blush of dawn with effulgence it shines. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
This intellectual effulgence radiates by day and night. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Phoebe sat unnoticed, her charm swamped in that effulgence. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Varin have drawn a thick vail over the effulgence of Louis XIV. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850] Reference
Light that it sheds on earth is borrowed from solar effulgence. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
Nowhere in nature is the pure radiant effulgence of that purple surpassed. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Even the sight of this heap of effulgence hath caused this delusion in you. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Usually a lovely rosy effulgence is seen in the atmosphere in the mornings and evenings. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
The moment that I ceased to speak, light unimpaired, and bright effulgence, were restored. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
Theatre and concert posters shine resplendent, as if illumined by the effulgence of the footlights. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
For Pym the sun shone with a heavenly effulgence, whilst the obstructions of a dire destiny were for. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Discovery] Reference
Resplendent with beauty, it looked like an evening cloud reflecting the effulgence of the setting sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
United States moon, rose out of her sea-fog, and touched mountain, height, and billow, with effulgence. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
The intellectual eye beamed with a new life and his whole person sent forth an effulgence most attractive. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Visitors] Reference
The mild effulgence of the lunar light shone full upon his face, bringing out every feature in perfect outline. From Wordnik.com. [Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days] Reference
Thus it goes on, the lights streaming on full in every colour and from every quarter in the richest effulgence. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Pantomime] Reference
His mind wears no dark-colored glasses; it is strong and healthy enough to bear the dazzling effulgence of the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
Next, she summons forth a rounded orb, clad in full effulgence, and commits to it the regency when the sun retires. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
China, yet the effulgence of the Sun of Righteousness shone upon us; and if ever we felt his genial rays, it was then. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission] Reference
The soft moonbeams -- for, in her dream, evening rested on the valley -- bathed all the prospect in a cool effulgence. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The northern sky became lit all over with an effulgence brighter than that which glimmers in the Path of the Master of. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
This fact was slow in dawning upon him, but when it had fairly caught his vision, it shone with the effulgence of the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Hubert's Wife A Story for You] Reference
Sudarsana, destroyer of enemies, like to Agni in effulgence and dreadful in battle, came from the sky as soon as thought of. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Columbia is now seated in the forum of nations and the empires of the world are loft in the bright effulgence of her glory!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884] Reference
Our wedding feast was spread out in the bottom of the craft, with no effulgence of light save the reflection of God's own lanterns. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Madam enter that room; you should have seen the effulgence of the greeting smile she gave me; then you wouldn't wonder that I was dazzled. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
And Joel, with a bewildered sense of enlightenment carried to the point of dazzling effulgence, clapped both hands over his throbbing head. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
I then congratulate the spectators, not only upon the joy of living in his time, but also upon being there to bask in the effulgence of -- '. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The prevailing tone is that soft, golden effulgence which, like the grace of a cheerful and loving heart, blends all into one harmonious whole. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
The sun, flooding the landscape with a deluge of light, lost something of its effulgence, by contrast with the fulness of the priest's rich nature. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
The effulgence of the city was dimmed, but it was lovely still, -- as a diamond, obscured by a passing breath; or woman's eye, humid from pity's tear. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
At this moment, as the space-pervading trio fleeted forward, a strange unusual effulgence grew to the eastward, and began to bathe them in golden light. From Wordnik.com. [Punch Among the Planets] Reference
Gertrude was simply a pretty woman now, and a pretty woman is a very different creature from an angel whose effulgence so dazzles that it blinds the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Beware America! pause -- and consider the difference between the mild effulgence of approving providence and the angry countenance of incensed divinity!. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916] Reference
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