How to Use scintillate in a Sentence

scintillate

verb

• 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, 30 Mar. 2023
• But his arm, though not scintillating like an Elway, Favre or Mahomes, is stellar.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• The 22-year-old has been in scintillating form this season, scoring nine goals and registering six assists in 32 games.
  — SI.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• 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, 7 Feb. 2020
• The striker has been in scintillating form this season, netting seven goals already to sit joint-top of the Premier League scoring charts alongside Sergio Aguero.
  — SI.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• Get gussied up, order some tea sandwiches, and nurse a cup of tea over some scintillating conversation.
  — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• North Andover looks to keep its scintillating run going against a disciplined Rockets squad.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
• 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, 11 Dec. 2017
• 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, 7 Oct. 2019
• However, City were able to overcome their slow start and grew in confidence throughout the game, eventually reaching their free-flowing and scintillating best.
  — SI.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• 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, 24 Mar. 2023
• Madrid have been in less than scintillating form in the last few weeks, having picked up just seven points of a possible 15 - allowing intercity rivals Atletico to comfortably take second place in the process.
  — SI.com, 17 May 2019
• 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, 24 July 2018
• 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, 12 Apr. 2023
• 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, 19 Mar. 2023
• 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, 17 Apr. 2023
• Miami, a No. 5 seed, played crisply and confidently as underdogs, benefiting from a scintillating shooting performance from the star point guard Nijel Pack, who finished the game with 26 points.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• However, after securing a place in the last 16 of the World Cup after just two games; having scored eight goals and conceded just once from open play, alongside witnessing two first halves of scintillating football, my motivation is a lot clearer.
  — SI.com, 25 June 2018
• The still scintillating virtuoso leads a quintet featuring the saxophonist Bruce Williams.
  — The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
• The performances abounded in scintillating grace, wondrous shadings, even touches of impetuousness — all the qualities that distinguish his Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.
  — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
• Smooth hospitality, scintillating agave cocktails and the suitability of the wine list all burnish the experience.
  — Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• The American consumer world is thrilled into electric activity, the rubbish scintillated and redeemed.
  — David Denby, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
• As the distinguishing traits of champions go, readiness is not a particularly scintillating one.
  — Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 14 June 2019
• 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, 21 Feb. 2023
• 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, 22 Jan. 2018
• 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, 10 Mar. 2018
• 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, 21 June 2017
• Instead, the awkwardly staged Engrossment Ceremony was non-scintillating TV.
  — Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2020
• When readying for a pre-holiday occasion, the opportunity to experiment with beauty notes oft associated with the year’s annual sunset—saturated reds, scintillating metallics—is as alluring as a signature scent.
  — Vogue, 25 Oct. 2019
• Everyone involved seems eminently capable of scintillating dinner conversation.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 4 May 2017

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024