How to Use aglow in a Sentence

aglow

adjective
  • The lights of the city were aglow in the distance.
  • The town was aglow with pride.
  • The room was aglow with candlelight.
  • The children were aglow with excitement.
  • The antlers, wings, and body will be aglow with white lights.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Mustaine says, his words aglow.
    — Jon Wiederhorn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • What better time to set your table all aglow than the evening of the big feast?
    — Vogue, 12 Nov. 2018
  • The speaker stood — her pristine suit aglow, her mace brooch shining.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Limned with dark hues, his models’ bodies are thrillingly aglow.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • But the buildings were aglow, the streets humming with cyclists on their way home from a night out.
    — Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The Doral studio is aglow with black lights and soothing shades of blue.
    — By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, miamiherald, 11 July 2017
  • The Doral studio is aglow with black lights and soothing shades of blue.
    — By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The village is aglow tonight and ready for the holiday season.
    — Ashley Mateo, Marie Claire, 22 Dec. 2017
  • The home is painted in a stunning rose color, which seems to set it aglow from the inside.
    — courant.com, 7 June 2019
  • Issues that have lit their phones aglow with social media backlash.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • For her part, Clinton sat there and chortled, righteous and aglow.
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 6 Oct. 2017
  • That meant a new website, logo and events like Winterlights that set the grounds aglow.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2018
  • But then there’s Reeves’ face, aglow with humility.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Camden Yards was only four years old, still aglow as an attraction.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • But, back up on the sixth floor, there's something aglow in the new Turn Bar and Kitchen.
    — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The video showed the birthday boy sitting on top of his mom's lap, eyes aglow as a giant candle sparkled atop his cake.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Professors are weary of looking out over a sea of laptops, with students’ faces aglow from who knows what.
    — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Theaters should be aglow about the two debuts, after being starved of a superlative hit through the fall.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • All of the bedrooms are aglow in soft light, lending a zen-like atmosphere perfect for falling asleep.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
  • No brow aglow like Narekatsi or Kuchak, Cross the world, no height alight like Ararat.
    — Simon Maghakyan, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Though windowless, the place was aglow with neon signs, a faux starry sky and hot lamps warming vegan tacos.
    — Byalexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 5 July 2023
  • Suddenly, the place was aglow with family, friends and the relief of blended tears.
    — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • During the holidays, the streets are aglow with Christmas cheer and picturesque decor.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025
  • By nightfall, hillsides were aglow in hot and windy conditions on a day marked by thunderstorms in the region.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Add in ports aglow with lights and great shopping, and small wonder travelers clamor for some of these holiday sails.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2019

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