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Meanings of glisten in English
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
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
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.
Usage of glisten in English
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.
6
They shall shine like fire, and glisten like the most beautiful scarlet.
7
And the rocks here are laced with so much gold, they glisten.
8
Ornate, gorgeously detailed costumes drape brown bodies that glisten in the sun.
9
A ray of sunlight made the still quivering fish glisten like silver.
10
You shall not glisten like doves when you are false like snakes.
11
Their rings glisten on their fingers, and their bracelets on their arms.
12
I saw the poor fellow's eye glisten, and his weather-worn features quiver.
13
Ask Dame Brinker and Raff, their eyes will glisten with joyous tears.
14
Was that the glisten of tears Niall saw in her dark eyes?
15
She saw a drop of his blood glisten on the gilt metal.
16
They had rigged a floodlight, which made the wet rocks glisten brilliantly.
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Translations for glisten
Spanish
Glisten through the time
Glisten across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common