glisten
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Under the glow of fluorescent lights at Seafood City market in North Hills, packages of pre-made adobo, salted shrimp fry and and dried anchovies glisten in meat coolers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
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
In the afternoon light, the fruit weighing down its boughs seemed to glisten.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
"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
It’s still pretty early in the morning, and her front yard glistens with beads of dew.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
I sat at my final breakfast, a perfect double espresso breathed its steam, the bread still warm, the smear glistened and pooled in the nooks.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
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
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
Perspiration glistened on his forehead, and his lumpy nose was splotched with red.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
In Lima, we were treated to glistening bowls of ceviche and plates of tiradito, each more delicious than the last, and soup bowls piled high with the most vibrantly orange uni you’ve ever seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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
“Because I’m very happy with the mural,” she said, eyes glistening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Part of the way we walked beside a small woods, separated only by a roll of barbed wire from a glistening world of dewdrops.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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