Literary notes about lucent (AI summary)
The word "lucent" is frequently employed to evoke a radiant, otherworldly quality in both characters and landscapes. It often describes eyes that seem to glow with inner emotion or clarity, as seen when a character’s determined gaze is described with "lucent eyes" that reflect wonder or deep feeling [1] [2] [3]. At the same time, writers use "lucent" to portray natural settings bathed in soft, shimmering light—from the indistinct glow of a sprawling countryside [4] and the delicate hues of a sunrise over still waters [5] [6] to the ethereal sheen that transforms ordinary scenes into visions of beauty and transcendent calm [7] [8]. This luminous descriptor enriches the imagery, inviting readers to see not only the physical light but also the light of spirit and hope within the narrative.
- She was hushing herself silent and smiling, her lucent eyes intent on a humming-bird that wandered in the flickering shade and shine of the woods.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various - Her face was still pale, but her eyes overran with a lucent blue excitement.
— from Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore - She clasped her hands, and her eyes were lucent with mistiness.
— from A Little Girl in Old San Francisco by Amanda M. Douglas - Behind and before, as far as eye could reach, the country lay in an indistinctly lucent mass.
— from Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian - He had gone up aloft before the dawn, and, as the sun shot up, the rim of the sea was lucent like the edge of a glass plate brimming with water.
— from White Fire by John Oxenham - Wearied out, the first blink of dawn rising clear and lucent over the dark sea seemed to her a godsend.
— from Marmaduke by Flora Annie Webster Steel - In the waning light that tinged the west with lucent gold the lake made a wonderful picture.
— from See America First by Charles J. Herr - Sea of Serenity, Sea of Tranquillity, Ocean of the Lunar Storms, merged into one lucent drop, itself to slip into the sempiternal dawn.
— from Howards End by E. M. Forster
