How to Use lucid in a Sentence

lucid

adjective
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  • He is able to recognize his wife in his lucid moments.
  • The Weeknd has quit his old haunts and is all the more lucid.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2022
  • It’s as cold as the waters of that loch, and nowhere near as lucid.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Pierre Boulez, by the way, made an admirably lucid recording of the Eighth too.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • In one of the most lucid moments, the professor asks the questions that lie at the play's heart.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Fred, who was eighty-five and in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, was lucid that day and refused to sign.
    — Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Others look more like stills from a video game or a lucid dream.
    — WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The title comes from Watt's last lucid text to his daughter.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Jennie, who was lucid, said Anita had pushed her to the ground.
    — Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Back in the land of the lucid, Silas—who is also Black—echoes these sentiments.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
  • The stories were lucid and detailed, the words slightly slurred but strong.
    — Harold Holzer, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Adele, who is skilled in the art of lucid dreaming, teaches him how to take control of his dream life.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The lucid arrangement of musk, mimosa, and steamed rice comes alive on bare skin.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • As has often been true, the eyes of an outsider prove more lucid than those of natives.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Washington Post, 3 July 2020
  • Layton makes all of this lucid, and there are times his merger of doc and drama works well.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
  • Believe it or not, that was as lucid as the protesters got.
    — Jon Tevlin, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • Kerr notes that, unlike with NDEs, the patients are often healthy and lucid for these events.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2021
  • As the dreamy outer planet slows down to a halt on the day of the solstice, the vibe will be lucid and introspective.
    — Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, 29 May 2019
  • The presence of her grandfather, who was lucid in waves, was a precious gift.
    — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2020
  • About 55% of adults have experienced at least one lucid dream in their life.
    — USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Sharon said he was overcome by the disease quickly and had few lucid moments.
    — AZCentral.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • His shoes are of soft woven leather, and his manner is of lucid confidence.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The oldest has gone off to dream in the comfort of his room, the youngest despite him seeming more lucid than me, just reflects cartoons back from his eyes.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Nearly a quarter of us report lucid dreaming once a month or more.
    — Achilleas Pavlou, Quartz, 29 June 2019
  • His last lucid act of this hour is to deliver the sermon at Wild Bill’s grave site, quoting Corinthians 12:12.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021
  • But, if anything, the images get less lucid as the evolution proceeds.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • The more openly absurd the story gets, the plainer, deeper and more lucid its emotions become.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Does your workplace find a thumbs-up lucid or aggressive?
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The two women in the front of the vehicle were alive and lucid, but in the backseat, another woman was screaming wildly for help.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
  • Yet now, under the cloud of a new world war, Barr’s lucid celebration of the art that Hitler was trying to erase somehow electrified the city.
    — Hugh Eakin, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022

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