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Meanings of gleam in English
Catalan
resplendor Spanish
resplandor Synonyms
Examples for "shine"
Examples for "shine"
1
We're really trying to understand where people shine the best, Barnett said.
2
It is the new stuff that must shine this year, say experts.
3
Hallorann said I had the best shine of anyone he ever met.
4
Do good, do the right thing and your deeds will shine through.
5
The bright copper kettle and the tin dish shine in the sun.
1
Salt crystals glitter in the sun about the shores of the lake.
2
The Park was clothed in the double glitter of snow and sunshine.
3
All they saw was the glitter of hope and not the substance.
4
But at morning the regret dies in the glitter of ambitious purposes.
5
There was a hard glitter in the eyes of the young woman.
1
The glint of gold embossing identified it as an Imperial message case.
2
In the half-light of morning he saw the glint of a revolver.
3
He caught the glint of many ptarmigan wings in the sunlight below.
4
Then he caught the glint of a revolver barrel in the moonlight.
5
I am sorry to say that I saw a glint of metal.
1
You could see tears glisten in the eyes of soldiers and civilians.
2
The pale light made the bosom of the ocean glisten like silver.
3
High over sounding workshops spires glisten in the sun,-silentfingers pointing heavenward.
4
His eyes began to glisten, his voice gained in volume and steadiness.
5
She saw the point glisten towards her bosom, and seemingly enter it.
Usage of gleam in English
1
Through the lower gap they caught the gleam of the red coats.
2
He could see its gleam in the reflection of the gorgeous light.
3
Emily watched the first faint gleam of stars in the upper air.
4
Suddenly in the distant hollow he saw the gleam of a fire.
5
A malevolent gleam lit in the cold black eyes of the bully.
6
The Cuban showed his teeth in the gleam of a quick smile.
7
He saw the gleam of malignant triumph on the face of Graves.
8
The gleam of a light showed through a crack in the door.
9
And in the shade he saw a yellow gleam on the rock.
10
The girl smiled, a gleam of defiance visible in the uplifted eyes.
11
Away to the left there was the faint gleam of the river.
12
The sphere left his fingers, was a gleam in the murky air.
13
She stood in the path of a long gleam of morning sunlight.
14
A gleam of light breaks in on the darkness of her sufferings.
15
He caught the faint gleam of the Capuchin's eyes in the gloom.
16
In fact, there was a gleam of half-humorous satisfaction in his eyes.
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Translations for gleam
Spanish
Gleam through the time
Gleam across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common