verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dazzling smile (= a big smile which shows someone’s white teeth )
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When he came back she gave him her most dazzling smile.
a fine/magnificent/spectacular/dazzling display (= a very good one )
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The museum has a magnificent display of silver.
blinding/dazzling (= extremely bright )
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The white buildings reflected a blinding light.
bright/brilliant/blazing/dazzling sunshine
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We stepped out of the plane into the bright sunshine of Corfu.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
light
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Do they seem to be dazzled by strong light , or flounder in less well-lit places?
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A dazzling beam of light fell through the windows that looked out to the stables.
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Against the darkened portion of the asteroid there was a sudden, dazzling explosion of light .
sun
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The sun dazzled the company as they continued on their way.
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The sun is dazzling here, like the sea, but there is something sad too.
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Though bone dry, they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us, as we linked up the infrequent holds.
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A flock of dunlin flew across the marsh in a silver swirl, catching the sun , dazzling the eye.
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The sun glared down, dazzling them.
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The western sun would scorch and dazzle and we would pull down the blinds in the compartment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As a speaker he would dazzle listeners with his brilliant wordplay and witty remarks.
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I moved aside so that the light no longer dazzled me.
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If you are dazzled by oncoming traffic, slow down and look for a place to stop.
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She slowly opened her eyes, only to be dazzled by a strong shaft of sunlight.
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Staring out the train window, we were dazzled by the scenery.
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The Princess's off-the-shoulder dress dazzled the waiting crowds.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fire kept flashing in the cave, dazzling her, and it was getting harder and harder to think clearly.
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He does not tell her what degree he got but instead dazzles her with wit.
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I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her.
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The essence of her charm, independent of time, revealed itself for a second in that gesture and dazzled me.
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The skyscrapers of Manhattan dazzled him as emblems of Western industrial progress.
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Then, as now, a town council was so dazzled they rubber-stamped all this terribly rich man asked of them.