gleam
Example Sentences
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His art isn’t even subtly political; it is futuristic, with a kind of sci-fi gleam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
In Adamuz, where white buildings gleam among orange-lined streets, residents rushed to the town hall with supplies as news of the disaster spread.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
The bakery team whips up nine flavors of pie, plus danishes, eclairs, giant cinnamon rolls, cream puffs and cupcakes, all of which gleam from their wood-and-glass cases at a corner of the Copper Cafe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
The gold coins still gleam as if they were new, and he shows us delicate gold and natural pearl earrings, necklace pendants and intricately etched semi-precious stones.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
Instead we lay there with only the gleam from the smoored fire, worrying.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Vocabulary lists containing gleam
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