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lustrous

luh struhs

  • s  made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
    she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves
  • s  brilliant
    set a lustrous example for others to follow
    lustrous actors of the time
  • s  reflecting light
    lustrous auburn hair

  • A thin, wide-eyed woman with long, lustrous dark hair, Foster claims to be three-quarters Cherokee (she also says she is 27; Maryland lists her as 38).
  • A slave to his countless vices, a monster of lustrous indulgence, he's the kind of sleazeball who puts the id back in idiot.
  • Apparently this is just what the public had been dying to do, for "The Road Ahead" became a runaway best seller, though it is lustrous with earnest goofiness, like a greased-down .
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  • Dave Frohnmayer in Business Wire (press release)
    Royce Saltzman's remarkable energy and vision has produced a world renowned festival that brings lustrous achievement to the University of Oregon in the performing arts,Frohnmayer said. "His talent has been crucial at every stage in the...
  • Derek Briggs in New Zealand Herald
    After examining fossilised feathers from Messel in Germany, Briggs says the creature that sported the feather was black with a "strongly lustrous iridescent blue, green or coppery sheen".
  • Dr Prabha Atre in Hindu
    Replying to the felicitation by nonagenarian theatre person Enagi Balappa at a function at Ravindra Kalakshetra, Dr. Atre said she would keep walking till the "notes enclosed in the soul of my mind mature into lustrous pearls."

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