How to Use scintillate in a Sentence

scintillate

verb
  • Get gussied up, order some tea sandwiches, and nurse a cup of tea over some scintillating conversation.
    — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 2023-03-17
  • But his arm, though not scintillating like an Elway, Favre or Mahomes, is stellar.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 2019-08-28
  • The women are right here in Dallas, and great players are in abundance along with the most scintillating basketball matchup of the weekend.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 2023-03-30
  • North Andover looks to keep its scintillating run going against a disciplined Rockets squad.
    — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-03-12
  • After six months of scintillating baseball filled with home runs, strikeouts and bounce-back performances every time things got tough, there was no reason to think otherwise.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2019-10-07
  • But evolutionary scientists have long puzzled over how animals could evolve to be so scintillating without tipping themselves off to predators in the first place.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 2023-04-12
  • Raucous laughter throughout the screening was followed by scintillating chatter afterward, as guests mingled over Champagne and fare inspired by the book.
    — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 2018-07-24
  • As the distinguishing traits of champions go, readiness is not a particularly scintillating one.
    — Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 2019-06-14
  • Brenda Rae, making her Met debut as Poppea, was hard to hear in the lower parts of the role, but scintillated in the highest soprano passages.
    — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 2020-02-07
  • Smooth hospitality, scintillating agave cocktails and the suitability of the wine list all burnish the experience.
    — Houston Chronicle, 2018-05-10
  • The still scintillating virtuoso leads a quintet featuring the saxophonist Bruce Williams.
    — The New Yorker, 2017-03-31
  • Creighton, with its scintillating ball movement, sharp shooting and heady play, is what an Ivy League team might look like with a roster dotted with players who will continue their careers as professionals.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 2023-03-24
  • Should those teams fall back, Seattle currently would be the next team up, with scintillating Russell Wilson trying to keep a teetering Seahawks reign alive.
    — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 2017-12-11
  • But the team titles nearly took a backseat to a collection scintillating individual performances on a day that delivered world record after collegiate record after world junior record after world record.
    — Joe Fleming, USA TODAY, 2018-03-10
  • McLaren's Artura, the British's marque new plug-in hybrid, delivers sleek styling, scintillating performance and insane speeds with minimal to no emissions.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 2023-03-19
  • Whatever its frustrations, they are outweighed by the pleasures on offer in this scintillating example of film’s uncanny ability to transcend itself, to operate on planes above, below and in between the images and soundscapes of which it is composed.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 2023-02-21
  • The 125-recipe cookbook, which hits stores tomorrow, features brunch highlights, sensory-scintillating hors d’oeuvres, and unforgettable main courses, like the signature curry fried chicken drizzled with spiced honey.
    — Sunset, 2018-01-22
  • Instead, the awkwardly staged Engrossment Ceremony was non-scintillating TV.
    — Armond White, National Review, 2020-01-17
  • This collaboration wouldn't exactly shock or scintillate anyone, but Sheeran and the Foo Fighters are absolutely capable of writing a single together.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 2017-06-21
  • Webb telescope captures 'green monster' inside a young supernova The scintillating light show from the ultra-luminous infrared galaxy is the spiked starburst feature at the center of the new Webb image, which was released on Monday.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2023-04-17
  • Everyone involved seems eminently capable of scintillating dinner conversation.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2017-05-04

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