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Meanings of
gleaming
in English
Catalan
resplendor
Spanish
resplandor
Back to the meaning
An appearance of reflected light.
glow
gleam
glimmer
lambency
Catalan
resplendor
Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
agleam
nitid
Related terms
bright
Synonyms
Examples for "
glow
"
glow
gleam
glimmer
lambency
Examples for "
glow
"
1
Nuclear energy has given me a healthy green
glow
,
even at night.
2
Four years later, there's a discernible
glow
-
up
in confidence and stage presence.
3
There was no question now: the
glow
of the beach was increasing.
4
However, add the following riders, and it takes on a warmer
glow
.
5
The circular
glow
of the street-lamp became the social center of Benton.
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.
1
A
glimmer
of good news after a bleak year for the economy.
2
Mr Kalim said the
glimmer
of hope he had left was gone.
3
It offers a
glimmer
of hope in a sea of economic gloom.
4
This
glimmer
of hope could see tobacco make a triumphant return soon.
5
You're the first
glimmer
of hope I've had in a long time.
1
Clocks, keys, hinges, door-bands, hilts and trigger-guards... centrifugal
lambency
and recoil!
2
His eyes had the same, cat-like
lambency
that halfling eyes had in the darkness.
3
At first all that I could see was a space filled with the saffron
lambency
.
4
A faint
lambency
still clung to the cliff.
5
They were both rayless and strangely-lightless ;theythrew no shadows nor did their
lambency
lessen the dimness.
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.
Other examples for "gleaming"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gleaming
Adjective
Noun
Singular
gleam
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
gleam in
gleam white
gleam eyes
gleam black
gleam silver
More collocations
Translations for
gleaming
Catalan
resplendor
Spanish
resplandor
destello
Gleaming
through the time
Gleaming
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common