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Meanings of gleaming in English
Catalan
resplendor Spanish
resplandor Usage of gleaming in English
1
Six miles away was the atmosphere plant, gleaming in the newly-risen sun.
2
In the doorway stood the Russian, a knife gleaming in his hand.
3
The town was sleeping; lights were gleaming in only a few windows.
4
I saw a sea of brown, gleaming plates of segmented, chitinous armor.
5
From the gleaming car poured the family of the new district judge.
6
The hoarding and roadworks will soon unveil a gleaming new leisure centre.
7
Yet they are the men who have given Dubai its gleaming glory.
8
The window was open: the white road lay gleaming under the sun.
9
A good fistful of heavy, gleaming metallic objects thudded onto the carpet.
10
All round I saw the sentinels, their bayonets gleaming in the moonlight.
11
The waters around us were full of sails, gleaming in the sunshine.
12
There was murder gleaming in the lurid eyes of the villain, Barkswell.
13
The piano, gleaming sombrely in the hushed light, reminded her of it.
14
Rational thought often vanishes when a car lover examines a gleaming vehicle.
15
Her long braids hung down into the chasm, gleaming in the sun.
16
He looked out over the Volga, gleaming like steel in the distance.
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Gleaming across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common