Once I used to scintillate, but now I am dreary by sunset. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used without object) : a mind that scintillates with brilliance. From Dictionary.com.
He does not scintillate in conversation or in planning. From Wordnik.com. [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference
His eyes began to scintillate like chippings of blue glacier. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Above the common, scarify with words and scintillate with pen. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
A small, circular wave emanating from a central point. scintillate. From Wordnik.com. [2009 January 28 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS] Reference
Sparkles of genius scintillate along the line of many a rogue's career. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
He had almost a Gladstonian faculty for making statistics scintillate with human interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
When the waves scintillate with bright green sparks, I believe it is generally owing to minute crustacea. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Greater than Astronomy because humanity is worth more than all the stars that scintillate in the heavens. From Wordnik.com. [How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony] Reference
Try my Mango-Raspberry thickshake to invigorate your senses, scintillate your taste buds and relive your childhood!. From Wordnik.com. [Mango-Raspberry Thickshake] Reference
A Moment of Tranquillity THE LIGHT OF the early morning touched the tall towers of Imrryr and made them scintillate. From Wordnik.com. [Elric of Melnibone]
Still, it cannot but be that some gems shall scintillate more than others, or, at all events, be of coarser and duller water. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
So dig into this tasty and spicy Manchurian recipe that is sure to scintillate your taste buds, and have you craving for more!. From Wordnik.com. [Veg Manchurian Dry (Ginger Flavored Gobi Manchurian)] Reference
The storm cleared entirely; a brilliant moon shone over all, causing the falling frost in the air to scintillate like diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
He does occasionally handcuff me (if such things scintillate you) to his life-sized, diapered replica of Roman Polanski, though. From Wordnik.com. [RUTH REICHL LIKES HER MIDTOWN LUNCHES HOT! | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference
With a graceful gesture she brushed back her long, copper-coloured hair in which the dim light from the flight panel seemed to scintillate. From Wordnik.com. [Blue System]
I will be in a tank in the middle of the magnificent drawing-room, and I will scintillate with witticisms which I will prepare in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Crocodile] Reference
The oil shall sparkle, scintillate, glisten on every head. From Wordnik.com. [Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau] Reference
Nothing could be more agreeable than to scintillate for them both. From Wordnik.com. [The Price of Things] Reference
They did not scintillate, but rather glistened with a steady greenish lustre. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
It should not let him scintillate so widely without first being filtered through the. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Letters of Mark Twain] Reference
A number of small shining objects began to dance and scintillate in the darkness beyond. From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
It seemed to scintillate and sparkle as it rose, and curled in a sort of pillar or spiral. From Wordnik.com. [War and the Weird] Reference
And these sparks which fly forth flame and scintillate, but shortly they are extinguished. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
A glimmer of mirth began to scintillate beneath her long brown lashes, and she spoke first. From Wordnik.com. [Una Of The Hill Country 1911] Reference
Its eyes were upon them -- dark, demon-like orbs, that seemed to scintillate sparks of fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Castaways] Reference
Merely to look at you would make the dullest set of people in London wake up and scintillate. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilderness] Reference
All the light in the room seemed to focus upon her, so did she scintillate from head to foot with spangles. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier of the Legion] Reference
What she most enjoyed was to scintillate to a company of two or three, and fascinate them all into a desire for a. From Wordnik.com. [Halcyone] Reference
Over against these are the celebrities who sit in a corner and smile knowingly when they are expected to scintillate. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women] Reference
Cumana, scarcely scintillate below 20 or 25 degrees, did not retain even at the zenith, their steady and planetary light. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
There is a store of hidden genius in this family, and I propose, to bring it out and let it scintillate in the light of day!. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Stone House] Reference
She had promised to do this, and was only too happy to see a spark of light scintillate into life in the immeasurable darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories] Reference
"I never saw a fellow able to scintillate like that at his own wedding," remarked the son of the Bishop to the best man's sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Indifference of Juliet] Reference
Firmament since that of a certain Mr. Brummell had risen to scintillate a while ere it paled and vanished before the royal frown. From Wordnik.com. [The Amateur Gentleman] Reference
The bushy eyebrows came down until they almost obscured the eyes, and a dangerous light seemed to scintillate out from under them. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge!] Reference
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