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Word: auroral

Definition: pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis


Sentences Containing 'auroral'

To my imagination it retained throughout the day more or less of this auroral character, reminding me of a certain house on a mountain which I had visited a year before.
That man who does not believe that each day contains an earlier, more sacred, and auroral hour than he has yet profaned, has despaired of life, and is pursuing a descending and darkening way.

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