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verb

coruscate

to flash or sparkle with light

In a sentence

Six example sentences with coruscate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Streetlights coruscate across the wet pavement in her long exposures, each drop turning into a small white star.

    Photography

  • Thousands of gold tesserae coruscate whenever a visitor moves, so the ceiling seems to shift with every step.

    Art

  • Cymbals and mirrored panels coruscated under the stage lights, throwing bright points across the first ten rows.

    Music

  • At dusk the harbor lights coruscate across the bay, and the ferry seems to sail through scattered sparks.

    Travel

  • Ice crystals coruscate in the beam of the headlamp, each one flashing as it drifts through the light.

    Science

  • Sequins coruscate under the ballroom lights in the finale, and the camera lingers on every turn.

    Movies

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