Both Uses of
scintillating
in
War and Peace
- On the contrary he gazed joyfully, his eyes moist with tears, at this bright comet which, having traveled in its orbit with inconceivable velocity through immeasurable space, seemed suddenly—like an arrow piercing the earth—to remain fixed in a chosen spot, vigorously holding its tail erect, shining and displaying its white light amid countless other scintillating stars.†
Chpt 8
- Yet here she is lying at my feet, with her golden domes and crosses scintillating and twinkling in the sunshine.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(scintillating) impressively clever or stimulating; or showing brilliant light in a flickering manner