gleam

Example Sentences

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When she stepped onto the runway, draped in fabric and confidence, her prosthetic gleaming under the spotlights, the room shifted.

From BBC

“It’s so pretty how the gold gleams. And you hide it, just like I hide my Yemayá. We don’t want to call attention to ourselves, right? After all, we’re part of the revolution now!”

From Literature

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

If I hadn’t already been seated, I would have collapsed right across that gleaming floor.

From Literature

But the Chrysler Building faces tough competition from newer buildings, like the nearby One Vanderbilt Avenue or the gleaming Hudson Yards structures.

From Barron's