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glisten

[glis-uhn] / ˈglɪs ən /


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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

And in that clearing, there’s a deeper exhale into herself: an existential sobriety and awareness of time passing, making everything glisten in a new light.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2024

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

With each bite her eyes began to glisten with energy, and, like a flame, she soon flickered and stood tall.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

"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

She just glistens, just pure black, and she’s wonderful with the kids.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

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

A “diamond” earring glistens in one of his ears, and his snapback matches his sneakers.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Before that, I had a mermaid-inspired gel nail set that glistened like when the sun beats on tropical waters.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2024

The only noticeable difference throughout those years has been the color of her hair, which glistened Sunday underneath the Crypto.com Arena’s lights.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2024

As the boat pulled out of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, schools of juvenile menhaden, or peanut bunker, glistened at the edges of the inlet, as though to highlight her point.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2024

He sat facing Lake Washington, which glistened underneath an overcast Seattle sky, as well as the east end zone — where a video board declared in bold white type:

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2024

Saliva curled around the edges of his mouth and spittle threads hung down and glistened like spider threads in the sun.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The Essex parliamentary seat includes rural villages, thousands of hectares of farmland and several seaside towns and villages with glistening golden beaches including Jaywick, Frinton and Walton-on-the-Naze.

From BBC Aug. 8, 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

“Because I’m very happy with the mural,” she said, eyes glistening.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

"I haven't been to a shop for three years because I don't have the money. There's simply no point in going," she told AFP, her voice resolute but eyes glistening.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

A rat scuttled from the shadows, dragging a glistening chunk of meat or viscera.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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