All 9 Uses of
luminous
in
War and Peace
- But Julie did not flatter her friend, the princess' eyes—large, deep and luminous (it seemed as if at times there radiated from them shafts of warm light)—were so beautiful that very often in spite of the plainness of her face they gave her an attraction more powerful than that of beauty.†
Chpt 1
- The princess pondered awhile with a thoughtful smile and her luminous eyes lit up so that her face was entirely transformed.†
Chpt 1 *
- Princess Mary had turned toward her brother, and through her tears the loving, warm, gentle look of her large luminous eyes, very beautiful at that moment, rested on Prince Andrew's face.†
Chpt 1
- Princess Mary had long since put aside her book: she sat silent, her luminous eyes fixed on her nurse's wrinkled face (every line of which she knew so well), on the lock of gray hair that escaped from under the kerchief, and the loose skin that hung under her chin.†
Chpt 4
- In the dim shadow of the curtain her luminous eyes shone more brightly than usual from the tears of joy that were in them.†
Chpt 5
- In Pierre, however, that comet with its long luminous tail aroused no feeling of fear.†
Chpt 8
- Natasha was gazing at her, but seemed afraid and in doubt whether to say all she knew or not; she seemed to feel that before those luminous eyes which penetrated into the very depths of her heart, it was impossible not to tell the whole truth which she saw.†
Chpt 12
- With Mademoiselle Bourienne's help the princess had maintained the conversation very well, but at the very last moment, just when he rose, she was so tired of talking of what did not interest her, and her mind was so full of the question why she alone was granted so little happiness in life, that in a fit of absent-mindedness she sat still, her luminous eyes gazing fixedly before her, not noticing that he had risen.†
Chpt 15
- Princess Mary gazed intently into his eyes with her own luminous ones as he said this.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(luminous) glowing or shining
(also used metaphorically to describe beauty or intelligence)