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Showing 16 of 17 words.
7 total sentences available.
Your pupil is blue and when you laugh, its muted clarity reminds me of the shimmering dazzling light of the morning that is reflected in the sea. Your pupil is blue and when you cry, I imagine the translucent tears as drops of dew on a violet. Your pupil is blue, and when, in its aura, like a point of light radiating an idea, it appears to me as a lost star in the evening sky.
Source: tatoeba (4409670)
I think she has a face radiating with youth.
Source: tatoeba (7490768)
In the 1850s, researchers demonstrated that carbon dioxide and other naturally occurring greenhouse gases in the atmosphere prevent some of the heat radiating from Earth’s surface from escaping to space: this is known as the greenhouse effect.
Source: tatoeba (7523586)
The porcupine rolled itself into a ball, radiating long, sharp needles in all directions that defied attack.
Source: tatoeba (9858138)
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
Closest matches include approaching, asymptotic, centripetal, centrolineal, charismatic.
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