Synonyms: Bright

Sir Ewan drove the dragon from the inn by setting the ruins ablaze. The Inquisitor's Tale

The broad wooden span of the bridge had rotted through, but some of the lamps that lined the way were still aglow. A Dance with Dragons

I think of thee in morning’s beaming light,
In burning noon and shadowy night. To My Mother

She could see him quite clearly, even at that distance; the moonlight was brilliant, and her eyes were adjusted to it. The Amber Spyglass

I closed my eyes before the magnesium flared, but I still saw dazzling fireworks, even through my eyelids. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

A strong breeze blew from prow to stern, yet the sea was absolutely calm, the unruffled mirror of effulgent sunlight. Bennett, Arnold

And through that microscope, for that moment, all she could see was an ocean of her mother’s cells, stained an ethereal fluorescent green. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

A more crystalline night, more full of fulgent stars, was never seen, stars everywhere, but mostly scattered in large sparkles on the snow. Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

High, high and away, the glaring white lights of the bridge— he thought he could see small figures there, little people moving in the white light. The Voyage Of The Frog

Three gleaming feathers streamed beneath her, elegant ribbons of light. Fablehaven

They seemed to trust the darkness and moved up and down the glistening stone steps as surefooted as young goats. The God of Small Things

A waitress sat Flora and her father at a booth in the corner and handed them glossy, enormous menus. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Edison suggested the exposition use incandescent bulbs rather than arc lights, because the incandescent variety produced a softer light. The Devil in the White City

The rubies in his eye sockets began to glow with an intense red light. Ready Player One: A Novel

The oil lamp to her right bathed one side of her face in lambent light; the other was cast in shadow. Beasts of Prey

The light morning clouds sailing over the heavens became more and more lucent, and the East flushed radiant with the dawn. Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

He was freezing, and the sky outside the car was the deep luminescent purple that divides the dusk from the night. American Gods

Her widely set apart dark eyes were luminous and there was a dusky rose color in her cheeks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A fairy with lustrous silver wings and short blue hair alighted in front of Kendra. Fablehaven

Behind them glittered the astounding ocean with its heaving storms, flying fish, breaching whales, and curls of phosphorescent waves. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

Aureliano made progress in his studies of Sanskrit as Melquíades' visit became less and less frequent and he was more distant, fading away in the radiant light of noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude

He told also a tale of how he with two companions were once in the high mountains, when they beheld in the night a light of dazzling brilliance, with the appearance of a refulgent star. Lyman, William Denison

The sun, a white scintillating ball, blazed from a steely sky, over which no cloud ever passed. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

With April, a walk to the library could become an exploration of a forbidden land, or a shiny pebble on the sidewalk could be a magic token from an invisible power. The Egypt Game

All those twinkling lights, every star in the sky, could have burned out years ago—the entire night sky could be empty this very minute, and we wouldn’t even know it. The Thing About Jellyfish

Flurries of light-green snow began to fall, and the leaves on the trees and bushes turned a vivid orange. The Phantom Tollbooth