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aura
1[ awr-uh ]
noun
- a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
an aura of respectability;
an aura of friendliness.
- a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
- Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.
Aura
2[ awr-uh ]
noun
- a companion of Artemis who bore twins to Dionysus. Zeus changed her into a spring because, in a fit of madness, she had killed one of her children.
aura
/ ˈɔːrə /
noun
- a distinctive air or quality considered to be characteristic of a person or thing
- any invisible emanation, such as a scent or odour
- pathol strange sensations, such as noises in the ears or flashes of light, that immediately precede an attack, esp of epilepsy
- (in parapsychology) an invisible emanation produced by and surrounding a person or object: alleged to be discernible by individuals of supernormal sensibility
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Example Sentences
Most of the Atari employees I saw projected an aura of almost delirious bliss.
The friendly aura vanished, her eyes dead, voice robotic and confident she was correct.
They shared a birthday—July 8—and Nelson always thought that bestowed some sort of personal aura on him.
It gives them all aura, a collective power, an almost animal force.
He was, in fact, of average height, but he had an aura like a pope or a head of state.
Some hidden magnetism burst from him like an aura, and his cold pasty face and light gray eyes flamed into positive beauty.
Celuy pourra savoir l'aise qu'en avons receu et recevons, qui aura cogneu les dangers et necessits o nous estions.
I suppose there was an aura, a halo, some sort of effulgency about the place; for here I find you louder than the rest.
Ma foi, je serais fch de le savoir, et je crois que l'auteur aura sagement fait de ne mettre personne dans son secret.
It might have been the aura of the two exquisite women, he thought.
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