glisten
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Hamilton lets down Claire’s savage hauteur; Mays’ eyes glisten with all the regrets of lost love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
I ask her what memories of your father she has and her eyes glisten.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
This is where the dip starts to glisten.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
She bows her head as her eyes glisten and she takes my hand and we both cry.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
"In the sunlight, the horse glistens" thanks to its "fine, hollow-core hair, which reflects light differently."
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 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
There, in the front window, glistens a massive Maria Theresa-style chandelier that once shimmered in the hotel’s ballroom, its many crystals winking at you in the refracted light.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Her dark skin glistens with powder, like she's covered in stardust.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
The sweat that glistened on his arms and soaked his shirt as he bowled in the baking heat of Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
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
As Huntington’s 20-plus varieties of sausage glistened behind glass, owner Jim Cascone said he was “very honored” to have the vice president’s business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
Clearly moved, Chapman’s eyes glistened when the crowd roared as she played the 1988 song’s unforgettable guitar riff.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Yards of silk, clouds of powder, brushes, combs, pearls, and diamonds glistened before Celaena’s eyes.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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
But instead of helming “Troy,” starring a glistening Brad Pitt as Achilles, Nolan embarked on a genre-shifting Batman trilogy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"We don't deserve this, it's not fair. I'm sorry I couldn't make it happen," Gattuso said, eyes glistening, before retreating to the dressing room.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
Yakov knelt in the water, cowering with his hands over his eyes and his face centimeters from the glistening surface.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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