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Meanings of agleam in English

Bright with a steady but subdued shining.

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Examples for "gleaming"
1
Six miles away was the atmosphere plant, gleaming in the newly-risen sun.
The Runaway Asteroid
2
In the doorway stood the Russian, a knife gleaming in his hand.
Triple Spies
3
The town was sleeping; lights were gleaming in only a few windows.
A Hero of Our Time
4
I saw a sea of brown, gleaming plates of segmented, chitinous armor.
Storm front
5
From the gleaming car poured the family of the new district judge.
The eye of the leopard
Usage of agleam in English
1
The scattered white houses were all agleam in the clear, cool sunshine.
What Necessity Knows
2
Her hair had fallen loose and crinkled to her waist, all agleam.
The Spoilers
3
He started as if some one had struck him, his eyes agleam.
The Danger Trail
4
Children scampering around with bright, shiny faces, their eyes all agleam and-
Dark Universe
5
Tearing it open, M. Radisson read with stormy lights agleam in his eyes.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
6
For all the haze of tobacco smoke, the place was agleam with light.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
7
Although the sun had not yet set, the electric lights were already agleam.
The Master Mystery
8
His eyes were now agleam, and the beauty of his countenance fully manifest.
The Emancipated
9
Now the tall Holderness, face shining, gold-red beard agleam, rounded the cabin whistling.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
10
But when Dinwiddie raised his eyes, I saw they were agleam.
A Soldier of Virginia: A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock...
11
Its limbs were not legs or arms but knifed extensions, insectan and agleam.
Iron Council
12
He is all agleam with bullion, a blue-and-gold edition of the Poetry of War.
A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky
13
The fat fellow rolled forward, his hands supporting his paunch, his little eyes agleam.
The Sea-Hawk
14
He sprang up at sight of us, agleam with excitement.
The Helmet of Navarre
15
The other, with eyes agleam and an eagerness keyed for battle, was Jerry O'Keefe.
A Pagan of the Hills
16
He looked at Avun, his small eyes agleam amid the folds of his face.
The skein of lament
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