Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "halo" is 'n selfstandige naamwoord wat verwys na 'n helder sirkel of ring van lig wat om die son, maan of ander ligliggaam verskyn, of 'n sirkel van lig of helderheid wat iets omring, veral in kuns. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n skyf of sirkel van lig wat om die kop of liggaam van 'n heilige, 'n deugsame persoon of 'n engel voorgestel word, of na 'n goue sirkel of skyf wat die son voorstel, wat as 'n konvensionele simbool in jasse gebruik word. wapens en ander embleme. In figuurlike sin kan "halo" verwys na 'n kwaliteit van heiligheid of heerlikheid wat 'n persoon of ding omring, soos in "sy het 'n stralekrans van vriendelikheid oor haar gehad."
1. Two bodies lay prone at the end, one surrounded by a halo of blood.
2. And there it was, her future, waiting, watching her with his clear blue eyes, the fall breeze ruffling his hair, late afternoon sun shining a halo behind him.
3. Her white-gray permed hair formed a halo of tight curls around her face.
4. The streetlight cast her blonde hair within a halo of light that entranced him.
5. He found Mark seated on the cold concrete in one side tunnel, resting dispiritedly against a wall beneath a hanging lantern, which framed his blond head in a glowing halo.
6. Surrounded by bottled water, a variety of pods, and a golden halo.
7. But, unlike the Keurig with its golden halo, the green aura surrounding the bag was sinister.
8. She was standing less than five feet away, with the sun painting a halo around her slender frame.
9. It caught the sunlight and sparkled making her look as if she were walking in a halo.
10. He must have been ducking quite low in the depression because only the edges of his halo were showing.