You only glimmer dully-your fingers do not sparkle and dazzle and scintillate as they did.
"Cobb's Anatomy"
Irvin S. Cobb
So is it with the bore: set him in the oxygen of his native admiration, and he will scintillate like a human St. Catherine wheel, though in your society he was not even a Chinese cracker.
"Prose Fancies"
Richard Le Gallienne
Not only must the language be dramatic-slang may in a given situation be the most dramatic language that could be used-and not only must the quality of the story itself be dramatic, but the scene-steps by which the story is unfolded must scintillate with the soul of the dramatic-revealing flashes.
"Writing for Vaudeville"
Brett Page