aureole
Example Sentences
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And everything is framed by an aureole of crisp fern leaves reaching to the canvas’s edges — a many-pointed crown.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
In the strongest work, half of the 9-foot-tall aureole apparently has been blown away, black resin flapping in shards out the back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2018
That will allow the heat to extend farther into the country rock, creating a larger aureole.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
“I love you, Papa,” she said, her smile an aureole of smeared toothpaste and happiness.
From Nature • Mar. 12, 2014
She got up, and in the firelight it seemed to Eileen that some inner radiance lit up her sweet, lined face, reflecting a faint aureole round her silver hair.
From Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing by Page, Gertrude
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