aureole
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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
Dark wood stain applied in the center of three interlocking aureole forms gives one floor-sculpture the appearance of a giant bouquet of Van Gogh’s sunflowers — a symbol of happiness now bloated and earthbound.
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
An enthusiastic painter might have deemed it an invisible Fairy's aureole; a sentimental milliner would have set it down as the flounce of her unseen robe.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William
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