nimbuses

The difference is that unlike the other nimbuses, which are golden, the halo of Judas is solid black.

The night in which he was betrayed Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

The difference is that unlike the other nimbuses, which are golden, the halo of Judas is solid black.

Archive 2008-03-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

I had one last go at the buttons, though there weren't any left with nimbuses on them -- the darker it got, the clearer that was.

The Night of the Long Knives Fritz Leiber 1951

Their brandished spears made nimbuses over their heads; and this time their response was like the baying of hounds.

Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman

Glories or nimbuses in high relief set thick with gems surround the faces, and sparkle as they reflect the light from the multitude of candles burnt in their honour.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

Flashing around me, and from Lakla and O'Keefe, were nimbuses of flickering scarlet flames.

The Moon Pool 1919

Flashing around me, and from Lakla and O'Keefe, were nimbuses of flickering scarlet flames.

The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913

There were slender brown women wearing over their braids and white rebocillos broad straw hats with streamers and sprays of wild flowers; men dressed in striped drill, the so-called Majorcan cloth, their hats stuck on the backs of their heads like black or gray nimbuses around their shaven faces.

The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897

Both mother and child have round nimbuses, the former in plain circular bands of russet and orange, the latter consisting of bands of pale blue surmounted by a scarlet cross.

Illuminated Manuscripts John William Bradley 1873

The actors seem surrounded at all times by hovering nimbuses that don't suggest divine radiance so much as they do the effects of a recent concussion.

Slate Magazine Dana Stevens 2010