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Marius saw in Bonaparte the dazzling spectre which will always rise upon the frontier, and which will guard the future.

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 Meanings and Examples of DAZZLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dazzle
 v.  overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
Classic Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1  All extreme situations have their lightning flashes which sometimes dazzle, sometimes illuminate us.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS
2  Daring deeds dazzle history and are one of man's great sources of light.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN
3  The first effect was to dazzle him.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
4  I spoke to Benedetto alone, and proposed to him to accompany me, endeavoring to tempt him by all the promises most likely to dazzle the imagination of a child of twelve.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
5  Mrs. Dorset might startle or dazzle him, but she had neither the skill nor the patience to effect his capture.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
6  It was in vain that he attempted to dazzle her with the prospect of a visionary throne.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  I am daze, I am dazzle, with so much light, and yet clouds roll in behind the light every time.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  The result of these shades was a dazzling pleasure party which took place on the following Sunday, the four young men inviting the four young girls.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
9  , the services which he had rendered to the district were so dazzling, the opinion of the whole country round about was so unanimous, that the King again appointed him mayor of the town.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MADELEINE
10  Those four lugubrious walls had their moment of dazzling brilliancy.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES
11  Marius saw in Bonaparte the dazzling spectre which will always rise upon the frontier, and which will guard the future.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
12  One sometimes sees people, who, poor and mean, seem to wake up, pass suddenly from indigence to luxury, indulge in expenditures of all sorts, and become dazzling, prodigal, magnificent, all of a sudden.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST
13  The first day that Cosette went out in her black damask gown and mantle, and her white crape bonnet, she took Jean Valjean's arm, gay, radiant, rosy, proud, dazzling.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR
14  They lived in this ecstatic state which can be described as the dazzling of one soul by another soul.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT
15  He was on the point of swooning; he saw Marius through a dazzling light.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
Example Sentence:
1  His eyes dazzle before the strong light.
2  The dazzle of stardom and status attracts them.
3  Every tree, wall and fence stood out against dazzling white fields.
4  I can think of nothing else but your dazzling smile.
5  The evening was crowned by her dazzling performance.
6  He gave Alberg a dazzling smile.
7  However, it has come under fire for not dazzling as it did when winning the trophy four years ago.
8  George dazzled her with his knowledge of the world.