Sentence examples for quiet iridescence from inspiring English sources

Mr. Silvestrov's piece, by contrast, had an Arvo Pärt-esque meditative quality, with the soprano singing slowly arcing vocal lines above simple harmonies that shimmered with a quiet iridescence.

While animals like butterflies and peacocks produce iridescent color using layers of chitin, iridescence is almost unheard-of in plants.

Zsolnay is still producing some vintage designs and new experiments in iridescence, but is little known outside its homeland.

Each bird reflected a distinctive iridescence.

Aspire to radiant luminosity or incandescent iridescence?

It had a pleasing iridescence, though.

"Peacocks to Pearls: Iridescence in Nature and Art.' Through June 8.

Nabokov was nuts for butterflies -- finding in them an image of his own dazzling verbal iridescence -- and it's not hard to see why bees have caught on, what with their mixed connotations of sweetness, pain and quiet humming industry: what novelist could resist that?

Shooting stars and iridescence, and a wiped-down engine.

A delicate iridescence reflects light off dulled skin.

The main characteristic of the pearl is its iridescence.