The word "lustrous" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is characterized by a soft, bright, or brilliant radiance. For example, "Her hair had a lustrous shine that could be seen from a distance."
Nor will it save Altynai Asylmuratova, the lustrous former St Petersburg ballerina who is being removed from her own job as the Vaganova's artistic director.
The key to success in the luxury-car market seems to be to combine a reliable German motor and a lustrous British veneer.
Which figures, I guess, in a country where everyone is already blessed with lustrous black lashes.As for the fast-acting anti-malaria pills I so badly needed for my trip up to Zambia's Copperbelt, there were none to be had, despite trying a dozen or more places odd in a country with one of the highest risks of malaria in the world.
On the same day, the opponents of the China bill staged a rally starring no one more lustrous than Goldie Hawn, an even sprightlier actress.Both John Sweeney, the head of the AFL-CIO, the main union federation, and his opposite number at the US Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue, have promised to do whatever it takes to swing the vote their way.
Long lustrous hair has always been a sign of good health; mascara makes eyes look bigger and younger; blusher and red lipstick mimic signs of sexual arousal.
But to have his lustrous image tarnished, even just by casual association, is as painful to party stalwarts as a traitor's kiss.
For everything there is a season, the Bible says, and Mr Paisley thinks so too: "I believe Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, when hate will no longer rule".Tony Blair, Britain's departing prime minister, will hope so, for as he leaves office peace in Northern Ireland, for which he worked tirelessly during his decade in power, appears his most lustrous legacy.
The most lustrous chapters of the pearl story lie in the past and in exhibitions such as this.
Sara Jakubiak, the soprano, wielded her lustrous voice to fine effect as a brazen Fiordiligi, singing "Come scoglio" her showpiece aria, while leaning forward on the bench with her hair covering her face.
The typical chief executive is more than six feet tall, has a deep voice, a good posture, a touch of grey in his thick, lustrous hair and, for his age, a fit body.
Their large, white and perfectly formed lustrous orbs were eagerly sought by pearl merchants, first in Bombay and later in Paris.Over the past decade the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) has been quietly acquiring treasures made with pearls whenever they come up for auction.
