Bril

(Wanted to make a word joke there, regarding the word "bril", i.e. the slang for "brilliant", but also the dutch word for "glasses", but couldn't quite figure it out) ❋ Unknown (2004)

I think the first comment by sable_twilight is bril. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And to have the entire original cast come back with that is just . . . bril. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At three yards in height, he was an impressive figure even among alectors, with his bril-liant white face, flashing purple eyes, and hair so deep and black that, paradoxically, it seemed to radiate light. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2005)

He was standing about a yard away, unsmiling, the bril liant eyes slightly narrowed, his damp hair curling on to his forehead. ❋ Craven, Sara (2001)

He started to tell the tale of the fight that long-ago morning, and of the Duke and his bril - liant Allheart knights marching the powries in from the field. ❋ Salvatore, R. A., 1959- (1999)

And I understood that to be the Son of God was not equal to being a Prince of Heaven but instead was my apprenticeship in learning how to speak simply and with wisdom, rather than by bewildering others with the bril - liance of one's words; it was to know'most difficult of all-when the Lord was speaking through me and when He was not. ❋ Mailer, Norman (1997)

I saw a white light that shone like the bril - liance of heaven, but it was far away. ❋ Mailer, Norman (1997)

The woman's smile appeared without warning-sudden, bril - liant, and effusive. ❋ Brooks, Terry (1992)

It was approaching noon when they passed over a cluster of small islands that looked like emeralds floating in the sea, bril - liant green against the blue. ❋ Brooks, Terry (1992)

SAPPHIRE is a blue or bluish-green gem, transparent and bril - liant. ❋ Unknown (1992)

Suddenly the flares erupted in furious blinding bril - liance, beyond which a flood of armed goblins were run - ning up the far ramp, onto the bridge. ❋ Parkinson, Dan (1990)

The light engulfed him, filling his soul with its radiant bril - liance. ❋ Weis, Margaret (1988)

Alexander Hamilton was the leading light of the first presidencies, and James Madison served with almost equal bril - liance in various posts. ❋ Michener, James (1987)

The idea of getting Abdullah to orchestrate a street fight had been bril - liant. ❋ Follett, Ken, 1949- (1980)

It gleamed, it throbbed with light and bril - liant colour. ❋ Moorcock, Michael, 1939- (1977)