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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

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

Why eyes glisten as people rise from their seats when the orchestra reaches the rousing conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2024

The dragon’s metallic horns glisten as much as its blue glittery skin.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

"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

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

Her dark skin glistens with powder, like she's covered in stardust.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

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

The hedges and the acres and acres of lawn were covered in a network of spider web that caught the dew in beads so that it glistened white as frost.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

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

I asked, but Mamá’s eyes were glistening with unshed tears and her hands were trembling as she held the keys in a tight grip.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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