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Meanings of glinting in English

Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.

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Usage of glinting in English
1
I saw a few places that looked like moonlight glinting off water.
After midnight
2
The key still dangled along its cheek, glinting in the red light.
The Lost World
3
The sun was glinting slantwise over the undulating uplands to the east.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
4
The afternoon sunlight was brilliant and warm, glinting off the emerald water.
Angelopolis
5
I shall see you glinting among the trees like enchantresses of old.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
6
Fallen bricks and masonry, broken glass glinting now in the returning sunlight.
Man of War
7
The sunlight was glinting off the windows of hundreds of apartment buildings.
Evil and the Mask
8
Vivian could see the Gold Casket, distantly, tall and heavy and glinting.
A Tale of Time City
9
He came to the fire and stood, his blue eyes glinting light.
Foes
10
He stood in the doorway, his sword glinting bone-white in his hand.
The Scar
11
She watched the Quietener growing beneath her, the silvery sphere glinting Mimosa-blue.
Schild’s Ladder
12
The screen revealed one hemisphere of Earth, with satellites glinting above it.
The Departure
13
I can see the fence glinting through the blur of the trees.
The Irish Times
14
They fall very slowly, glinting in the light of the rising sun.
The windup girl
15
Still no gleam of waters glinting over white sands greeted his eyes.
Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life
16
This was almost dark, the moon glinting through black shadows-onlyat intervals.
Son of Power
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Glinting through the time
Glinting across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common