How to Use luminosity in a Sentence

luminosity

noun

• The luminosity of Wolf-Rayet stars is greater than that of the sun by as much as a million times.
  — Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
• But parts of it — the white cloud, the patch of light on the track in front of the horse, and the horse and rider themselves — glow with furious luminosity.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• In the dining room—a space meant to glow—a gold-leaf ceiling echoes the luminosity of the living room's platinum one.
  — Penelope Rowlands, ELLE Decor, 19 Feb. 2016
• When sunlight streams in, Carr adds, the luminosity brings to mind stained glass.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• But in Briney’s steady gaze, Harron found oceans of depth and a rare luminosity.
  — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• Inside the compact are two blush colors — a deep rosy blush and a pop shade that adds luminosity to my cheeks.
  — Nicole Saunders, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2020
• But for all its luminosity, the Zukofskys’ life seemed short on warmth.
  — Margalit Fox, New York Times, 20 June 2017
• Right now, seaweed is growing apace, and the luminosity at night lights up the fish swimming and jumping ahead of us.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2021
• The machine would then use the smartphone camera to measure the luminosity of the sample and determine whether the flu was present.
  — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2014
• In the cement-floored malt barn, a single beam of light streaming through a small window gave the large, stark room the luminosity of a Vermeer painting.
  — Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• From the looks of it, one flash of an iPhone camera (or Lumee case) will blind bystanders thanks to the luminosity of this champagne tone sequin crop top and mini skirt.
  — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2017
• From the start of the overture, the score bathed the ear in textured sound that conveyed, in its gently shifting luminosity, something of the distance of the archaic.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2019
• Light Liquid Luminizer Highlight was applied to the high points of the face (think: cheekbones, temples, and the bridge of the nose) to build the luminosity, followed by a spritz of face mist.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2022
• In 1993, the astronomer Mark Phillips plotted how the luminosity of Type Ia supernovas changes over time.
  — Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 8 Feb. 2023
• The fire reached them on the ground in leaf litter and on the wind as embers, the pines and spruces and hemlocks, taking them—the forest of her inspiration dying in luminosity.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 25 May 2017
• The gravity waves were hugely strong, with fifty times more total power —more luminosity— than all of the light from all of the stars in all of our universe, combined.
  — Kip Thorne, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2020
• How can a paint and wallcoverings brand better showcase the depth of a color or the luminosity of a finish?
  — Asad Syrkett, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2018
• There won't be much noticeable change in luminosity (brightness) of the landscape until about 80 percent of the sun is covered by the moon.
  — Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• For reference, the Milky Way galaxy has a luminosity of a mere 10 billion suns.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Its name, Greek for sparkling, is fitting for its luminosity.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
• Exactly what to use to achieve LuMee levels of luminosity on your skin.
  — Lauren Balsamo, Cosmopolitan, 16 July 2017
• Based on a noble-savage history, about a nine-year-old boy found in the woods of southern France in 1800, its luminosity is timeless.
  — Armond White, National Review, 24 Feb. 2023
• All grays, browns and dusty whites, Chardin’s earthy and sensuous oil paint draws your eye to the play of delicate surface textures and soft luminosity across the canvas.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• Indeed, its X-ray luminosity is roughly a million times brighter than the entire output of the Sun at all wavelengths.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2020
• Quasars have the same luminosity of a trillion stars contained in a space about the size of our solar system — which only hosts one star, while the Milky Way galaxy is home to at least 100 billion stars.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
• For the Heart of Stone actor, an essential step to luminosity involves a beauty tool that comes from the cooler, rather than the cosmetics aisle.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2023
• And then Vitamin C will give you that light-bulb luminosity.
  — April Long, Town & Country, 15 May 2019
• The bright color adds an extra luminosity to her already-glowy face.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 June 2021
• In addition, the stars twinkle or appear to vary in brightness, while the planets maintain a constant luminosity.
  — Jorge Garay, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2024
• These can frame specific areas of the room, or simply create a welcoming luminosity, and are often affordable and easy to change.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024