glisten
Example Sentences
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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
As its golden domes glisten in the winter sunshine, you can still see where grass has struggled to regrow.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023
In the afternoon light, the fruit weighing down its boughs seemed to glisten.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing glisten
Unit 1: Telling Details
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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