Sample Sentences for
luminous
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    Ron threw the cloak back over them as the luminous eyes of Mrs. Norris came round the door.  (source)
    luminous = shining
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    luminous lollies for eating in bed at night.  (source)
    LUMINOUS = softly bright
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    Those big blue eyes and the luminous, infrequent smiles reminded her of someone she couldn't name.  (source)
    luminous = shining (perhaps beautiful)
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    When I have been truly searching for my treasure, every day has been luminous, because I've known that every hour was a part of the dream that I would find it.  (source)
    luminous = shining or beautiful
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    I must have felt pretty weird by that time, because I could think of nothing except the luminosity of his pink suit under the moon.†  (source)
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    The sky is luminously blue, with large woolly clouds.†  (source)
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    Above the blunt, cold rake of the automatic his face had that serene, unearthly luminousness of angels in church windows.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    Montag saw the luminous dial of his waterproof [watch].  (source)
    luminous = glowing
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    Even the greens, her favorite shades of greens, flee the trees and assault her with luminosity.†  (source)
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    Then, with the dog running ahead of him, he moved southward toward the fields, lion-colored now, luminously golden with after-harvest stubble.†  (source)
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    The full moon, hidden by veils of cloud, threw a pale phosphorescent luminousness over the heavens, and the towers of the church stood up black against this silvery fleece.†  (source)
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    But when her eyes fell of the odd little figure in the stiff, ugly dress, with the long braids of red hair and the eager, luminous eyes, she stopped short in amazement.  (source)
    luminous = shining
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    As he followed it, the brightness at the entrance behind him faded and was replaced by a faint luminosity reflecting off the walls from somewhere ahead.†  (source)
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