| These traces of identity pass by the spectator in ephemeral moments, reflected, refracted, and distorted, as in a funnyhouse mirror. |
| Although most of the light passes straight through a raindrop, the light at the edges is refracted and then reflected away from the raindrop. |
| The whitewashed walls glowed eerily in the light refracted from the flood lamps through the rain. |
| Light and radio waves get refracted in a phenomenon known as ionospheric scintillation. |
| For angles exceeding the critical angle, the refracted waves are evanescent and the reflectivity is very close to unity. |
| He was a quiet fellow, disinclined to tell anecdotes or bask in the refracted glow of a Hollywood account. |
