opalescent

Example Sentences

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He discovered his first fossil — a small opalescent ammonite — in Somerset, in southwest England, when he was 12, which ignited a passion for paleontology and led to his getting a Ph.D. in the subject.

From New York Times

I also noticed opalescent scales and a bit of blood on my shoulder and back.

From New York Times

It’s only fitting that Oldham would grow up and launch an eponymous jewelry brand, which upends the fusty image of Chanel-clad socialites wearing a strand or two of smooth opalescent sea gems.

From Los Angeles Times

As a result, people filled theaters to marvel at the “opalescent water that stretches from wall to wall across the front of the theatre within the frame of the panel screen.”

From Fox News

Watching the waning afternoon light through a woodland demonstrates that this is at best a dance between the opalescent sky and the black-branched tree.

From Washington Post