How to Use phosphorescent in a Sentence

phosphorescent

adjective
  • The right and left hemispheres glowed like the phosphorescent wings of a Luna moth.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The sandy cavities of the bunkers were lightly dusted with snow and looked phosphorescent.
    — Colin Barrett, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
  • The matte, phosphorescent sigils painted onto his robe appeared to palpitate in the low light.
    — Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
  • Folks would dip dresses and suits in glowing, phosphorescent paint and wear them around town performing various pranks or artistic displays.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The gas is activated by the ultraviolet rays of the sun, making the tail glow in much the same way that black light causes phosphorescent paint to light up.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The electrons accelerated and smashed into a phosphorescent screen that lit up for our viewing pleasure.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The phosphorescent look is also seen on the translucent Barely Volt outsole as well as the heel’s Ducks logo.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • In sequence three, Searcher and the dog explore their new surroundings, the phosphorescent landscape looking like a coral refer painted bright pink.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 June 2022
  • The phosphorescent nail polish is designed to have a milky appearance during the daytime, so finish with a layer of regular top coat for a glossier effect.
    — Sarah Maberry, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Crosby, too, felt like an emissary for a different sort of American sound, more spectral, almost phosphorescent.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Some of her flying, lavalike monsters were lacquered black; others were colored bright red and pink; still others were coated in phosphorescent pigment — echoes of the thrilling fun house of her childhood.
    — Sasha Weiss Sasha Weiss Photographs By Justin French Nick Haramis Photographs By Lise Sarfati Styled By Suzanne Koller Adam Bradley Photographs By D’angelo Lovell Williams Styled By Ian Bradley Susan Dominus Photographs By Luis Alberto Rodriguez Styled By Charlotte Collet, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Ursula on the deck in the darkness, the wake phosphorescent green, everything behind her, all of Europe, dissolving.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • The Flying Dutchman, a recurring presence on the series since Season One, is a phosphorescent green ghost who has struck a deal with the devil.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Luminostics specializes in phosphorescent materials that glow in the dark, and the hope is that the test results could be easily viewed at home using just a smartphone and an attachment that blocks out light.
    — Tien Nguyen, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The mythology’s a bit slippery (making mermaids the villains, for example), but the gumby character designs are fun, and phosphorescent visual effects dazzle.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Engineers and scientists at their benches, and folks at home in their living rooms, would carefully arrange themselves to watch the dancing glow of a beam of subatomic particles smashing into a phosphorescent screen.
    — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Even the art installation in Phase 2 — which includes phosphorescent phases of the moon designed by Nobuhu Nagasawa — is relaxing.
    — Helene Stapinski, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • The eponymous story from A Bright Green Field describes a steep meadow of monstrous, fast-growing, phosphorescent grass mowed by unskilled workers drawn across its surface by ropes and pulleys.
    — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The most popular attraction on Vieques is the bioluminescent Mosquito Bay, which glows blue at night as visitors kayak through its waters filled with phosphorescent plankton.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2023
  • His contribution to the Prix Marcel Duchamp comprises seven massive canvases containing surreal figures bathed in a phosphorescent green.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Vieques' most famous attraction is Mosquito Bioluminescent Bay, where phosphorescent plankton turn the waves into a sea of blue light—in fact, it has been deemed the brightest bioluminescent bay by Guinness World Records.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026

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