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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

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

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 sun would glisten off, his black hair.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

"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

Perched on a hilltop overlooking the ocean, the house literally glistens against the rising sun, with a blanket of frothy, amber-hued fog wafting below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

The blue glistens, the bumpers shine, even the tires look brand-new.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

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

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

As a familiar feral atmosphere gripped Rodney Parade and the tinfoil replica FA Cup trophies glistened under floodlit skies, it felt like another shock was brewing in Newport.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 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

Flanking a stage near the monorail station, you’ll find a glistening white tower, the work of artist and activist Nikkolas Smith, who has adopted the term “artivist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Viewed from the village below, or glimpsed on the way up the forested hill, the structure looks topographical—a glistening summit just above a tree line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

“Do you understand why I can’t return?” she said, her eyes glistening.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown