He slapped his hands over his eyes to block out the painful brilliance.

This blast carried away his whole forward Hyperscreen assembly in a rush of painful brilliance and concussion.

Karr clenched his eyes tight against the painful brilliance.

Nobu watched Pancho spill her champagne, go to the lavatory--and then the screen flared with painful brilliance.

Light appeared from nowhere, blinding them as it pierced their dark-accustomed eyes, flooding them with a painful brilliance.

The painful brilliance of the enchantment flickered, then disappeared, taking the stormfalcon's image with it.

Stefan looked up at him fearlessly, as he'd looked into the painful brilliance of Elena's golden brightness.

His squad double-timed alongside a towering, aromatic ornamental hedge, toward the sound of helicopters and the painful brilliance of searchlights.

When he came into full sunlight, he squinted against the painful brilliance, his knees gave way, and he toppled to the sandy earth.

Parts of it vanished momen- tarily and then flared out in painful brilliance.