“I retract it now; The rose, with its fantastic array of lambently glowing colours, its aural iridescence, is the swan-song of a great musical personality.”

“My eyes having adjusted to the gloom, I noticed a lambent, reddish glow emanating from one direction.”

“This portrait communicates the artist's pleasure in the act of painting, which is revealed in a lambent play of light on the figure.”

“Ian prefers comedians with a lambent wit that makes him smile over the cruder sort that send their audiences into instant guffawing.”