All 9 Uses of
aura
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Tonight, however, this place held a strange aura of foreboding.†
Chpt 3 *
- Fache's presence was anything but welcoming, and the Louvre itself had an almost sepulchral aura at this hour.†
Chpt 4
- The bloody star, centered on Saunière's navel, gave his corpse a distinctly ghoulish aura.†
Chpt 6
- Moreover, the artist's eerie eccentricities projected an admittedly demonic aura: Da Vinci exhumed corpses to study human anatomy; he kept mysterious journals in illegible reverse handwriting; he believed he possessed the alchemic power to turn lead into gold and even cheat God by creating an elixir to postpone death; and his inventions included horrific, never-before-imagined weapons of war and torture.†
Chpt 8
- Although it no longer spoke to him, he felt a comforting aura in its presence.†
Chpt 10
- Sophie had been remarkably poised all evening, but now, for the first time, Langdon saw the aura of composure beginning to crack.†
Chpt 73-74
- Outside, the dawn was coming fast, its crimson aura gathering off the starboard.†
Chpt 75-76
- Today, the rain and darkness gave this massive hollow a wraithlike aura… more like that of the crypt it truly was.†
Chpt 97-98
- Night was falling now, and the house exuded a warm and inviting aura.†
Chpt 103-104
Definition:
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(aura) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
or:
paranormal: a radiant light surrounding a person that is said to be seen by those sensitive to another's life force; or drawn around the head of a saint