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Silver pearls glisten on the men’s foreheads and their eyes are sunken deep in their pale faces, framed in a stubble of beard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

This is where the dip starts to glisten.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

At fish counters across Long Island, imported salmon fillets glisten in greater profusion than local mackerel and black sea bass.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

The glossy technicolour paints, the chrome, the shiny new spokes - they all glisten in bright light.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2023

There was a faint glisten of perspiration high on Franny’s forehead.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

"In the sunlight, the horse glistens" thanks to its "fine, hollow-core hair, which reflects light differently."

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

And then there’s Nico, looking like everybody’s big brother at spring practices, smack-talking and celebrating the guys, as engaged as Chesney but easier to spot because his golden helmet glistens above everyone else’s.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

The morning frost glistens, and—in a clever device—the low sun glimmers through a row of unseen, leafless trees behind the artist, casting crisscrossing, rhythmic shadows on the furrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

It clothes the statue of the archangel Gabriel atop the bell tower on St. Mark’s Square and glistens in the mosaics on the facade of St. Mark’s Basilica, aptly nicknamed “the Golden Church.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Strawberry syrup glistens on it and a big dollop of whipped cream sits pretty on top.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

An array of whole peeled tangerines, strawberries, hawthorn berries and green and red grapes glistened on my phone screen like jewels you only admire but can’t touch.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

Sweat glistened on his head and pooled on his undershirt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024

Skies were clear and the water glistened, making conditions perfect for dropping instruments hundreds of metres down and hauling up traps filled with sediment or microscopic marine life.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

Recalling those days, her eyes glistened as she spoke about the way Churchill inspired the nation.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

As he breathed, his nostrils expanded and contracted and his nose glistened, cold and wet in the warm, sunshiny September afternoon.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Ms. Louis-Dreyfus’s glistening performance takes on a steely edge as Polly tries—and fails—to absorb Brooke’s news with equanimity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The meat was so glistening that it caught the light of the disco ball.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Pericana lands dark and red and glistening with oil, a spread for bread made with sun-dried tomatoes, peppers, and cured fish.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

From his office overlooking the glistening waterway, the third generation fish merchant gestures to the horizon.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

Looking closer, Taran saw not all were dwarfs; some were tall, slender, with white robes; others were covered with glistening scales, like fish; still others fluttered large, delicate wings.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander