Glowed

Examples

• Wonder was expressed over the blazing horseshoe that glowed within a pear-shaped globe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A sort of renewed youth glowed in his eye and colour, and an invigorated hope and settled purpose sustained his bearing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He had risen to his feet, and his eyes glowed like embers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• With this unconfessed confession, her letters glowed; it kindled them, from greeting to adieu. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The cigarette glowed brightly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In the foreground glowed the warm tints of the gardens. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The small timber room glowed with the dawn, that came upwards from the low window. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Jo quite glowed with pleasure at this boyish praise of her sister, and stored it up to repeat to Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The cotton thread glowed for forty-five hours, and then suddenly went out. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The sun was low, and the heavens glowed with the splendor of an autumn sunset. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• John quite glowed with pride to hear her say it, and felt what a blessed thing it was to have a superior wife. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The revived embers of an old passion glowed clearly in Wildeve now; and he leant forward as if about to put his face towards her cheek. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But when her eyes met her husband's her face glowed with the pleasure she saw in his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I rubbed one of them on my sleeve, however, and it glowed afterwards like a spark in the dark hollow of my hand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Shirley opened her lips, but instead of speaking she only glowed rose-red. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I glowed, notwithstanding the frost air. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Purple twigs were darkly luminous in the grey air, high hedges glowed like living shadows, hovering nearer, coming into creation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She glowed; remembering the mendacity of the imagination, she flagged; then she freshened; then she fired; then she cooled again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She glowed with sympathy. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It was a disconcerting lift of the curtain, and the mortification of Candaules' wife glowed in her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Men like you-- how Archer had glowed at the phrase! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Mr. Pickwick's countenance glowed with an expression of universal philanthropy, and Mr. Winkle and Mr. Snodgrass fell fast asleep. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the dark the cigarette glowed bright, then showed in his hand as he lowered it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Announced by a servant in livery, we entered a drawing-room whose hearth glowed with an English fire, and whose walls gleamed with foreign mirrors. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His eyes glowed, his figure was dilated, his breath came thick and fast. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She felt that he was affectionately watching her, and glowed with pleasure at his kindness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You glowed in the cool moonlight last night, when you mutinied against fate, and claimed your rank as my equal. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A cigarette glowed amid the tangle of white hair, and the air of the room was fetid with stale tobacco smoke. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Dusk was beginning to reign; her parlour fire already glowed with twilight ruddiness; but I thought she wished the room dimmer, the hour later. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Her cheek glowed as if a crimson flower through whose petals the sun shone had cast its light upon it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Edited by Katy