(a.) Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Beyond the effusive welcome of the enormous weeping willow, beyond the well-tended lawns grazed by peacocks and Canada geese, beyond the gardeners patiently watering the ornamental shrubberies, stand two equally effulgent but very different Palladian buildings, each in their own space and each exuding a sense of timeless solidity.
Resplendent
Definition:
(a.) Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thomas brings Khalil and his forever-changed friend Starr back to life in resplendent color.
(2) There was the Cenotaph resplendent, spotlessly clean.
(3) With the headline "A very British revolution", the Times writes: In the May sunshine, on resplendent Downing Street lawns, an improbable lightness accompanied the serious business of turning Britain around.
(4) Now she only needed to wait, resplendent atop her chariot.
(5) On a clear day, the Firth of Clyde looks resplendent from here, basking “gaily in the sunny beam”.
(6) What appeared was Humphrey Carpenter, resplendent in an outrageous frock and an even more outrageous wig and make-up.
(7) In her wake will travel a flotilla of 1,000 boats decorated in streamers and flags, their crews resplendent in their finest rigs.
(8) A year-round destination, Yosemite is resplendent but often crowded in the summer; winter transforms the park into a quiet snowy paradise.
(9) The wall is resplendent with cartoons, including an excellent caricature of Trumpers smoking a cigar, drawn when she received her Oldie of the Year award from the Oldie magazine in 2012.
(10) Still a popular tourist destination for its literary connection, the child-friendly Spoon made its own headlines by adding grey squirrel to a menu already resplendent with braised pork leg and organic Arctic char.
(11) The truth seems to be that Haffey put his afternoon's experience down solely to the commanding resplendence of Haynes and his artful lieutenant Jimmy Greaves, who scored a hat-trick.
(12) Milan are resplendent in their gold number while Atlético are wearing their red and white stripes.
(13) Success is at our door, but it is not yet won.” Fabius, speaking in his resplendent office in France’s foreign ministry, was in ebullient mood.
(14) And up on stage, resplendent in silver Stetsons and zebra-striped rodeo suits, Los Tigres sing about the spectacular demise of Mexican drug smuggler Manuel Atillano.
(15) For Lizzie Armitstead this has been a heady spring, resplendent in the world champion’s rainbow stripes and notching up a hit-rate of victories that is astonishing, taken as a proportion of races started.
(16) Photograph: Alamy Seoul is an ancient city resplendent with Unesco-listed buildings.
(17) This former residence of politician, polymath and billionaire hoarder the 17th Marquis of Cerralbo, has resplendent rooms jammed with ancient artefacts, priceless masters, oriental curios and an armoury worthy of a warlord.
(18) Unlike the aforementioned Rosie, of course, who on Tuesday, wearing only her pants, was resplendent the entire length of the paper's front page, appearing again on Page 3, showing a nipple, as a lovely surprise.
(19) At times Mandela, in a trademark batik silk shirt, and his wife, resplendent in yellow, exchanged words and held hands like any elderly couple in the theatre stalls.
(20) The first photograph that McCullin had printed in the Observer was a 1958 picture of a north London gang called "The Guv'nors" – a group of teddy boys resplendent in their exaggerated, smart clothes, rising through and out of a bomb-damaged building.