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  • verb Present participle of phosphoresce.

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Examples

  • I thought of how cruel it was to haul that baby out into the dark and cold of Chicago, and then how wondrous was that glimmering sphere, the phosphorescing orange.

    The Moon in Winter Joshua Moses 2011

  • Immediately apparent in the darkness were her ghoulishly glowing lips, phosphorescing fingernails, and even lustrous traces of eyeliner, the very reverse of King Tut's kohl-lined eyes.

    The Color of Silence is Radium Green 2010

  • She was very fond of phosphorescing creatures of all kinds, especially fireflies.

    Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

  • She was very fond of phosphorescing creatures of all kinds, especially fireflies.

    Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

  • She was very fond of phosphorescing creatures of all kinds, especially fireflies.

    Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

  • Tolland stroked his chin as he watched the phosphorescing creatures.

    Deception Point Dan Brown 2001

  • Tolland stroked his chin as he watched the phosphorescing creatures.

    Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001

  • It came snaking under the doorsill, tendrils of freezing air reaching across the floor, phosphorescing in the intermittent blackness.

    Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999

  • Just then something roiled the waters of the nearest lake, the dark water phosphorescing as a huge body rolled beneath the surface.

    The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990

  • In the case of this tube (Fig. 23, P = 0.00068 millimeter, or 0.9 M), the bulb is made of lead glass phosphorescing blue under molecular bombardment.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various

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