[
UK
/sˈɪntɪlˌeɪt/
]
VERB
-
be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
The musical performance sparkled
A scintillating conversation
his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall -
physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
the phosphor fluoresced -
give off
the substance scintillated sparks and flashes -
reflect brightly
Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside -
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
How To Use scintillate In A Sentence
- the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
- In places it is punctured by bollards and peeled back to form benches, revealing glazed voids packed with multi-coloured fluorescent tubes that scintillate seductively with kaleidoscopic light.
- You'll also appreciate how water is Sydney's greatest asset, making the city scintillate and dazzle.
- So far, so predictable, but its huge flanks are encased in a delicately ribbed translucent skin that scintillates arrestingly with both natural and artificial light.
- You could say he's a shining example, except le Carré's point is that while Smiley's powers scintillate, he's practically a cipher when he's not putting those talents to work. David Finkle: First Nighter: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alec Guinness Spectacular on DVD
- The constellations wheel around us, ribbons of nebula drift into view, scintillate and are left behind.
- He has proven himself a prodigious master of the qanun, an 81-string Arabic zither, his dexterous plucking unlocking the instrument's potential to scintillate and shine.
- Earle's tender voice soars and the delicate songwriting scintillates.
- But things that scintillate are prone to burn out.
- The script doesn't break new ground, or scintillate with New Yorker wit.
