217 collocations for illuminating

Then, in a moment, he sprang from his chair, a glad kindly smile illuminating his face; he bowed in a very courtly fashion, exclaiming, "Ah!

The roof was in form a truncated pyramid; its material a rose-coloured crystal, through which a clear soft light illuminated the whole scene.

R106254, 23Jan53, Harlan H. Barrows & Edith Putnam Parker (A) BARROWS, WILLIAM E. Light, photometry, and illuminating engineering.

They may aid in illuminating the darkness of the present, and he should therefore 'speak them in words hard as rocks.'

One manifestation should be light, a light that would illuminate the world.

A stand lamp of antique pattern but dimly illuminated the place, which seemed well furnished in an old fashioned way.

Whose brilliant light illuminates all lands, Before thy coming all the nations bend, Oh, gather every people with thy hands!

Here is to be seen a head of Christ, the colouring of which is so brilliant as to illuminate the room in which it is appended, when the shutters are closed, and in the absence of all other light except what appears thro' the crevices of the window shutters.

I work for my daily bread, and you illuminate your house on my money.

Was it joy, or the bedroom candle with which he lighted his cigar, which illuminated his honest features so, and made them so to shine?

When the news of it reached Borne, the Holy Father the Pope caused a medal to be struck in commemoration of the event, illuminated his capital, ordained general rejoicings, as if for some signal victory over the Turks; and, assisted by his cardinals and clergy, marched in glad procession to St. Peter's Church, and offered up a solemn Te Deum for this vile and treacherous slaughter of sixty thousand Protestants.

As Miss Lavinia unlocked the door and the candle illuminated the interior of the apartment, the constable observed grimly: "I reckon this will keep him safe and sound.

As if to emphasize the misery of the locality, and perhaps in a measure to account for it, at the further end I discovered a gin-palace, whose flaring lights illuminated the streets on either hand with brazen splendour.

Of this mighty truth the sun himself is an illustrious example; for he illuminates all things with his light, and is himself light, and the fountain and origin of all splendour.

At an early hour of the morning was heard its piercing summons to the work-people, and all the night long its glare illuminated the sky.

Paris was illuminated the night of the opening of the exposition, the whole city, not merely the Champs-Elysees and boulevards.

According to the belief of many people, the valley owed much of its fertility to this benign aspect that was continually beaming over it, illuminating the clouds, and infusing its tenderness into the sunshine.

It was decided that Solon Denney should try to illuminate this point before taking the candidacy of Potts seriously.

Then she said laughingly, and the laugh seemed to illuminate her countenance:

LIBBEY, MRS. SHOWDEN M. God lights a candle, it illuminates your way to success and happiness.

I took a keen delight in illuminating the intelligent mind of Server Pasha as to the true condition of the country, telling him what I had seen and reported to the "Times;"

"Say, this room looks as if it had been used lately," cried Tom, as the rays of the lantern illuminated the apartment.

The rays of the swinging slush lantern barely illuminated the central space, the rows of bunks beyond remaining mere shadows, yet this dim, yellowish light, fell full upon the excited, half circle of men who were roaring about the negro, and had already pressed him forward until he stood confronting me, his grin of derision changed into a scowl of hate.

Their sleazy lives had wanted color and substance, and they found it in a cant of patriotism, in illuminating their windows after slaughter, in dressing their tables with helmets of sugar, (after the fashion of the White House,)delicate souvenirs de la guerre!

Religion welcomes her new adherent; she beckons him to turn his steps into a new,a pleasanter path; and God himself looks down from heaven with complacency and love, illuminating his track by the light of his countenance, marking the first step he takes in religion, and supporting him by the staff of his grace,the aid of his Holy Spirit.

217 collocations for  illuminating