IRRADIATE in a Sentence

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He stands before me again, his bluff hairy face irradiating with a joyful love and pride, for which I can find no description.

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 Meanings and Examples of IRRADIATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
irradiate
 v.  expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon
Classic Sentence:
1  For, d'ye see, rainbows do not visit the clear air; they only irradiate vapour.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
2  At once from every part of his being unrest began to irradiate.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  The light raised by her breath had been very fitful, and a momentary irradiation of flesh was all that it had disclosed of her face.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
4  A woman who was sitting inside the cottage had seen and recognized her in that momentary irradiation.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
5  About half an hour afterwards he attempted again to speak but was unable; he pressed my hand feebly, and his eyes closed forever, while the irradiation of a gentle smile passed away from his lips.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
6  He stands before me again, his bluff hairy face irradiating with a joyful love and pride, for which I can find no description.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
7  The strength of the victory shone forth from her as she lifted her irradiated face from the child on her knees.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
8  Her grandfather was enjoying himself over the fire, raking about the ashes and exposing the red-hot surface of the turves, so that their lurid glare irradiated the chimney-corner with the hues of a furnace.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
9  All generous social irradiations spring from science, letters, arts, education.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO
Example Sentence:
1  It's the fourth U.S. plant built by SureBeam, which uses electron beams and X-rays to irradiate food.