scintillating
adjective
scin·til·lat·ing
ˈsin-tə-ˌlā-tiŋ 
: brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty
a scintillating conversation
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The Aztecs lost the opening tip, but that was about the only thing that didn’t go their way in a scintillating 12 minutes.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
Overall, not the most scintillating evening of political discourse ever to grace a presidential debate stage.
—Paul Beckett, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
But this was an early glimpse at the most scintillating story line of the season: Who’ll claim the starting spot behind center after the graduation of Dorian-Thompson Robinson?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
All that scandalous hubbub was more scintillating than what actually happened on screen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller.
—Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
All that scandalous hubbub is more scintillating than what actually happens onscreen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
But that certainly wasn’t his most scintillating run of the day.
—cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022
Her countrywoman Grazyna Bacewicz’s Overture sounded under-rehearsed, and in Schumann’s Piano Concerto, Gardolinska unobtrusively supported a scintillating Hélène Grimaud.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2021
The reason for the couple's split is far less scintillating than your standard Lady Whistledown dispatch—sources say that busy work schedules put too much strain on the new relationship.
—Michelle Rui, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2021
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
Overall, not the most scintillating evening of political discourse ever to grace a presidential debate stage.
—Paul Beckett, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
But this was an early glimpse at the most scintillating story line of the season: Who’ll claim the starting spot behind center after the graduation of Dorian-Thompson Robinson?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
All that scandalous hubbub was more scintillating than what actually happened on screen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller.
—Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
All that scandalous hubbub is more scintillating than what actually happens onscreen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
But that certainly wasn’t his most scintillating run of the day.
—cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022
Her countrywoman Grazyna Bacewicz’s Overture sounded under-rehearsed, and in Schumann’s Piano Concerto, Gardolinska unobtrusively supported a scintillating Hélène Grimaud.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2021
The reason for the couple's split is far less scintillating than your standard Lady Whistledown dispatch—sources say that busy work schedules put too much strain on the new relationship.
—Michelle Rui, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2021
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“Scintillating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scintillating. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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