How to Use luminescence in a Sentence

luminescence

noun
  • The top of my head seemed shadowed, hiding from its own luminescence.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The only glow comes from the luminescence of rockets arcing across the sky.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2022
  • There are blooms of Lion’s Mane that have a luminescence like snow.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The primary technique that helped the team hone in on a date range was luminescence dating.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Any outside luminescence can change the amount of light the sensor picks up, messing with your metrics.
    — Geoff Nudelman, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The phone powers the light source while the camera captures the strip’s luminescence in real time.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
  • These varying tones of blonde add a natural luminescence as well as dimension to the hair.
    — Darcy Brown, refinery29.com, 26 July 2022
  • Seeing the holiday lights on top of its nightly luminescence is a sight people dream about.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Spawning females start to secrete their bright blue-green luminescence to attract males.
    — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2018
  • The team used new luminescence dating techniques to reveal an object’s age.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Sep. 2023
  • To analyze the core samples, the team employed a process known as luminescence dating.
    — New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Stratus clouds are gray layers, sometimes with variances in their luminescence.
    — Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The spotlight may shine on the actors, but the entire project wouldn’t exist without the luminescence your scripts provide.
    — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2024
  • This oil gave our faces a very natural luminescence that looked like our skin, only better, and served as a wonderful sealant on top of our bare skin.
    — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • For the moment, researchers are still trying to suss out the chemistry of the yellow luminescence, which may yield some clues about its unique function.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • The trick will be to balance the exposure between the luminescence of the blood moon with the surrounding landscape.
    — Michel Fortier, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The silhouette of the shark appears on the white rubber strap and, in the dark, lights up thanks to the luminescence injected into it.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • Before the race, Musco checks light levels by mounting a luminescence meter to a pace car and driving the course.
    — Ben Paynter, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2011
  • To finish, press a touch of an iridescent or sparkling formula onto the center of the lids for that extra hint of luminescence.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
  • When placed under ultraviolet lighting, six species of the critters were found to emit a green luminescence.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Under the sapphire crystal lay white-gold hour markers, hands coated in black nickel with yellow luminescence, and a tachymeter scale.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • He was born during a Waxing Full Moon, which means the Moon was just about to be at its peak luminescence.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Step inside during the day, and sunshine seeping through stone gives the interior a cool, chalky luminescence.
    — Curbed, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Sevnth brings a certain colorful luminescence to the beat, and Alo is perfectly coy and cool on top of its energy.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Clouds above, snow below; hazy gray luminescence between shrouding villages and homesteads, churches, skeletal trees, and vacant fields.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 8 July 2022
  • Regardless, string lights like these instantly create warmth, ambiance, and luminescence.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Sapphire waters gain a milky luminescence from the talcum sand of crumbling limestone cliffs carved across time by pounding waves, giving way to each island’s windy western beaches.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • At dusk, alpenglow casts El Capitan in an orange luminescence, its towering wall stark and ominous.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Her engagement ring is almost as dazzling as the mega screens in Times Square that create a daylight-like luminescence long after sunset.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The watch also features a unique green luminescence and an hourglass emblem at 10 o'clock, enhancing its vintage appeal.
    — Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'luminescence.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: