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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to glow with an emotion
Hello,
Both of the sentences below work for me, but I'd like to know whether they sound fine to you as well. Here they are:
- He glowed with happiness/embarrassment.
- His face glowed with happiness/embarrassment.
Thank you.
Both of the sentences below work for me, but I'd like to know whether they sound fine to you as well. Here they are:
- He glowed with happiness/embarrassment.
- His face glowed with happiness/embarrassment.
Thank you.
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- He glowed with happiness. - His face glowed with happiness. Glow means a positive, happy feeling.
- - He glowed with happiness.
- - His face glowed with happiness.
- Glow means a positive, happy feeling.
- Embarrassment does not work.
- - His face turned red in embarrassment.
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- He glowed with happiness.
- His face glowed with happiness.
Glow means a positive, happy feeling. Embarrassment does not work.
- His face turned red in embarrassment.
- His face glowed with happiness.
Glow means a positive, happy feeling. Embarrassment does not work.
- His face turned red in embarrassment.
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I found "His face glowed with embarrassment" in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Its reliability is...
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Gene93I found "His face glowed with embarrassment" in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Its reliability is...Well. grammatically, it is correct. But glow and radiate are mostly used for positive and happy emotions.
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