Scintillate

A small, circular wave emanating from a central point. scintillate ❋ Unknown (2009)

You could say he's a shining example, except le Carré's point is that while Smiley's powers scintillate, he's practically a cipher when he's not putting those talents to work. ❋ David Finkle (2011)

I know he fails to scintillate and he does seem to be around more and more often but they don't need to be so outwardly mean and I told them so. ❋ Alison Earls (2011)

He does occasionally handcuff me (if such things scintillate you) to his life-sized, diapered replica of Roman Polanski, though. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As the Bang on a Can All-Stars 'all-Reich program Thursday at Strathmore amply demonstrated, the composer's musical means may be minimal -- layering simple lines of rhythm, shifting a repeated fragment of melody out of phase with itself, varying the color of a relentlessly hammered chord by spotlighting individual instruments -- but the resulting textures bubble and scintillate with an engagingly "maximalist" energy. ❋ Post (2010)

Robert Green's handling error aside, they would not have shipped at all in Group C. Slovenia, of course, did not scintillate often as an attacking force but when they did threaten, Terry made an impression. ❋ Dominic Fifield At Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (2010)

What has mattered in Hodgkin's art, and still does, is not simply a brilliant way with colour, although it would be hard to find many painters of the past 100 years who could out-scintillate a work such as that bedroompicture, with its chromatic suggestion of coals glowing in a blackened grate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If zinc sulfide were added to the mix at the dry gel stage, the resultant glassy substance should scintillate with the radiation of the waste. ❋ James Killus (2008)

So dig into this tasty and spicy Manchurian recipe that is sure to scintillate your taste buds, and have you craving for more! ❋ Unknown (2007)

Try my Mango-Raspberry thickshake to invigorate your senses, scintillate your taste buds and relive your childhood! ❋ Unknown (2007)

The indian-italian fusion was an instant hit with elders and kids alike....lo and behold, as I share my grilled veg burger recipe with you which is sure to scintillate your taste buds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Powers' books often scintillate by hinting at another world of stories just over the horizon, but the main action is usually what compels you. ❋ Princeofcairo (2006)

Till quite recently, indeed, he had lacked time and opportunity; but seeing him in a smoking-room, at a dinner-table, or wherever the expressive scintillate, you would know at once that neither time nor opportunity was going to make him vociferous. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In the cool, clear light of morning, it lay thick upon the forest, an occasional gust of wind blowing tiny flakes off the branches, the bright sun causing them to scintillate like fairy dust as they drifted toward the ground. ❋ Unknown (2004)