Wisdom is nothing else than the breath of the power of God, and the clear effluence of the glory of the Almighty (Wisdom 7:25). (religion-online.org)
Oddly, the billowing diesel fumes of the airport did not smell like suffocating effluence, it assumed a peculiar pungent scent that morning, like the beginning of a new adventure, if an adventure could exude a fragrance.» (theletteredcottage.net)
Shaw deplores the fare emanating from what he calls «Crystal Christ - o-rama, California,» maintaining that «there are not enough disposal plants in the country to handle TV Sunday morning effluence!» (religion-online.org)