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How to use incandescent in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective, noun

Incandescent means emitting light as a result of being heated. Example: “The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.”

Examples of incandescent by meaning

adjectiveEmitting light as a result of being heated.

  • Rather than burning out as incandescent bulbs do, L.E.D.’s light output dims over tens of thousands of hours.2007 March 1, Matthew L. Wald, “Room to Improve”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2017

adjectiveShowing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

  • The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.

adjectiveExtremely angry; furious.

  • She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.

nounAn incandescent lamp or bulb.

  • Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.2007 March 1, Matthew L. Wald, “Room to Improve”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2017

More sentences with incandescent

  • The incandescent light bulb is on its way out.From the entry on its way out
  • This is a curious book about far more "curious and uncommon books"; kruptadia, forbidden erotic literature "of an incandescent kind".2001 June 15, Lord Biggs, Times Higher Education. From the entry kruptadia
  • Elderflowers glow like incandescent seafoam in the darkness.1989, Cathy Johnson, The Nocturnal Naturalist: Exploring the Outdoors at Night, Chester, CT: Globe Pequot Press, page 42. From the entry elder-blow
  • If the aquarium is placed where it receives insufficient daylight, artificial lighting by means of ordinary incandescent lamps should be employed.1956, C. van Duijn, Diseases of Fishes, page 149. From the entry decimetre
  • This is a general article summarizing progress in incandescent gaslighting since the days of the flat flame burner.December, 1909, J. S. Dow, “Pressgasbeleuchtung, by R. Bremer”, in The Illuminating Engineer, volume IV, number 10, page 520. From the entry gaslighting
  • As we all know, Harry’s gravamen, the nub of his incandescent fury, is how he and Meghan were sold out by the institution.2023 January 17, Tina Brown, “Spare by Prince Harry review – magical thinking in Montecito”, in The Guardian. From the entry gravamen
  • Parsons speaks the words of Titania, but her winged, incandescent fairyness is evoked by a team of fluttering, humming others standing behind her.2015 September 20, Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers”, in New York Times. From the entry fairyness
  • The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times. From the entry dobro
  • Some starlings are drab, but the incandescent glossy and plum-colored starlings (43) with their petroleum sheen more than make up for it.2000, Melissa Shales, Fodor’s Exploring South Africa, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 273. From the entry plum-colored starling
  • We don’t usually notice polarization because direct sunlight and light from ordinary incandescent and fluorescent bulbs is unpolarized: it contains equal mixtures of horizontally and vertically polarized light.2013 July 16, skullsinthestars, “Simple fun with polarizers!”, in Skulls in the Stars, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022. From the entry polarization
  • I felt no conviction of a burning sincerity, of that fire in the belly which made some of the wilder nonconformist parsons of my youth appear almost incandescent.1955 June 9, J. B. Priestley, “Billy Graham's Nothing New—In Fact, Perhaps, Below Par”, in Vancouver Sun, Canada, retrieved 20 Jun 2011. From the entry fire in the belly
  • The unique feature of the lighting is the lanternlike enclosures for the incandescent lamps, which are mounted on posts, giving a decidedly novel and pleasing effect.1908, The Edison Monthly, volume 1, page 206. From the entry lanternlike

Meaning of incandescent

  1. adjective Emitting light as a result of being heated.
  2. adjective Shining very brightly.
  3. adjective Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

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Questions about incandescent in a sentence

How do you use incandescent in a sentence?
Incandescent is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.”
What is a short sentence with incandescent?
“The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.”
What does incandescent mean?
Incandescent means emitting light as a result of being heated.

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