Sample Sentences for
phosphorescence
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    They came in a pack and he could only see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phosphorescence as they threw themselves on the fish.  (source)
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    The lights of New Orleans grew small and dim until there appeared behind us only a pale phosphorescence against the lightening clouds.  (source)
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    A spray of salt water broke across the boat, dousing the marines there; the phosphorescence boiled up green and luminous against the darkness.  (source)
    phosphorescence = dim glowing light from microorganisms
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    Phosphorescent moss covered the ceiling, bathing the room in a blue-and-green glow.  (source)
    Phosphorescent = giving a dim glowing light
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    The phosphorescence in the walls started to dim, and Alec drew his witchlight from his pocket and raised it overhead.  (source)
    phosphorescence = dim glowing light
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    Perry, his eyes glitteringly immense in a face now almost phosphorescently pale, studied the ceiling; and presently, after placing a picture postcard on the patient's bedside table, the rebuffed visitor departed.†  (source)
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    In the phosphorescent green glow of the night-vision goggles, Grant peered down into the room from the ledge, looking at the first nest.  (source)
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    He thought the hole would lead only into some other cave, lit by some ghostly phosphorescence and filled with goodness-knows-what evil creatures of the Underworld.  (source)
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    Algae, it was noted, could also glow phosphorescently.†  (source)
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    His hands were black and bleeding in the phosphorescent light of the night-vision goggles.  (source)
    phosphorescent = dim, glowing
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    In a cove where there was a small sandy beach they spread their supper on a driftwood log, and in the long twilight, because it was a time of much phosphorescence, they lingered to watch the fish jump and fall back into pools of golden light.  (source)
    phosphorescence = dim glowing light from microorganisms
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    He was as phosphorescently pale as Dr. Krokowski, and up front sat the Austrian horseman, steering, although the face was very vague, like that of someone you've only heard cough.†  (source)
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    Fish rippled their phosphorescent stripes inside the tank.  (source)
    phosphorescent = glowing
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