Literary notes about glamorous (AI summary)
The term "glamorous" in literature functions as a chameleon, adapting its meaning to enrich character, setting, or mood. It can depict an almost fabled quality—a pursuit of a daring or transformative experience that tinges the night with possibility [1] or promises an escape into a more enchanted life [2]. At times, it celebrates physical beauty, as when illuminated by moonlight or golden landscapes that evoke a transcendent allure [3, 4], while in other instances it imbues even the most dangerous or routine circumstances with an air of seductive exaggeration [5, 6]. Moreover, this adjective occasionally carries a hint of irony: its resplendence may mask underlying banality or critique societal aspirations, as when the dazzling exterior clashes with gritty reality [7, 8].
- He glared about him at the deepening dusk, seeking some exploit, some glamorous feat, to perform immediately, even in the night.
— from The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster - The poor bewildered little lady had loved him, and looked to him, perhaps, to translate her to a more glamorous life.
— from Sir Harry: A Love Story by Archibald Marshall - She stood there in the glamorous moonlight with a commanding dignity which seemed more than human.
— from The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker - The most glamorous spot, of course, was the moon.
— from Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster - The railroad, that glamorous invention of the industrial revolution, appeared in the towns, bisecting them.
— from Colonial Homes in North Carolina by John V. Allcott - Their adventures were always more dangerous, more glamorous than events in real life.
— from The Adventure Girls at Happiness House by Clair Blank - Alas, slush funds are much less glamorous in reality.
— from Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin - But how, without these instinctive young passes at Art, could the unceasing, glamorous and needful rebirth of the world get itself accomplished?
— from On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
