lustrous

Example Sentences

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Overhead, the gilded ceiling suffused the room with a lustrous glow.

From New York Times

Shining lustrously in the action is Betty Hutton as a trapeze artist, who finds herself in competition with Cornel Wilde in his spectacular role as a performer of the same type.

From Los Angeles Times

One newspaper wrote that "it would be difficult to find anyone lovelier than her" while another raved about "her lovely features and lustrous eyes and graceful movements".

From BBC

Aside from “Cell,” all the canvases depict a single human, usually female and always lustrously nude, in realistic outdoor settings.

From Washington Post

Far more engaging is his “Virgin Reading,” from 1505 and also newly cleaned, for which Mary throws off her usual blue dress for a gown of lustrous vermilion.

From New York Times