Literary notes about scintillating (AI summary)
Literary authors deploy "scintillating" to evoke a sense of dazzling radiance that works on both literal and figurative levels. It often describes vivid, sparkling visual scenes—as when a sky is portrayed as "a long strip of scintillating blue" [1] or stars "scintillating in the inky sky" [2]—to create an immediate sensory impact. Equally, the adjective is applied to characters and dialogue, imbuing them with a lively, almost magnetic charm, as evidenced by accounts of a person being "one of the most scintillating persons in the world" [3] or wit being likened to "scintillating jewels" [4]. In this way, "scintillating" enriches literary descriptions by artfully bridging the tangible sparkle of light with the intangible brilliance of personality and expression.
- Above the sloping canon of the avenue, the sky stretched, a long strip of scintillating blue.
— from A Fountain Sealed by Anne Douglas Sedgwick - The moon was not yet up, but the stars were scintillating in the inky sky and the deep silence of the clouds and desert was about them.
— from The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler - He is one of the most scintillating persons in the world.
— from Nat Goodwin's Book by Nat. C. (Nathaniel Carll) Goodwin - Millament’s brilliant jests are scintillating jewels of wit.
— from Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. (Grace Eleanor) Hadow
