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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.

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Examples

  • Strings of glimmer fluoresced across its edges, betraying a bellyful of rainwater.

    It Wasn't Me. Chris Braiotta 2011

  • The Prize has been awarded for your work on GFP of course, and for your revelation of how GFP fluoresced, and then using that knowledge to create mutants which extended the palette of colours of tags available.

    Roger Y. Tsien - Interview 2008

  • Many of the trees and flowers also fluoresced blue-white in the moonlight, lighting their way as if they walked in a diamond night.

    TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009

  • Many of the trees and flowers also fluoresced blue-white in the moonlight, lighting their way as if they walked in a diamond night.

    TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009

  • Many of the trees and flowers also fluoresced blue-white in the moonlight, lighting their way as if they walked in a diamond night.

    TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009

  • This image of fluoresced mouse brain cells illustrates their research but seems as much art as science.

    Archive 2008-10-01 The Year in Pictures 2008

  • I love the fluoresced mouse brain cells...it does look like art.

    More Random Shots The Year in Pictures 2008

  • This image of fluoresced mouse brain cells illustrates their research but seems as much art as science.

    More Random Shots The Year in Pictures 2008

  • The small secret room fluoresced with a gentle hum, as Coffin switched on the light.

    The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

  • During which procedure he produced a “stream” or “ray” that fluoresced whatever it hit, was warm to the touch, and cast shadows.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

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