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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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The flames provided the only light under the night sky and the black valley would glimmer with flecks of orange.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

But in that 1967 episode, when she was still an unknown, the only glimmer to behold was embroidered on the host’s jacket.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

About a week and a half into her care, she was moved out of the intensive care unit, offering a glimmer of hope.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Unfortunately they glimmer only dimly in this staging, which is played to an audience of just 60 seated in rows of chairs in a cleared space on the first floor of the bookstore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Or like firing the one person who made me see the slightest glimmer of hope.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

For those of us who actually do like crepes, though, there are some glimmers of hope.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The party is pointing to some glimmers of hope among these election results, including Westminster and holding on to other councils such as Harlow, Broxbourne, Bexley and Fareham.

From BBC May 8, 2026

This “Farm” isn’t lacking for good intentions and, in spots, as with Woody Harrelson’s fine casting as the naïve, loyal horse Boxer, one can see glimmers of what a good adaptation might have been.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Havana's real estate market is showing glimmers of revival as investors bet that a political and economic revolution is coming to the Communist-governed island.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

In the distance, moonlight glimmers off the columns and arches of a dizzyingly high amphitheater.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Beats hummed, lights glimmered and about 200 young men and women traded emerald-green tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Cumberbatch trends drier, but even as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Strange, he glimmered with comedic depths.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2025

In a small village further up the beach, Christmas lights glimmered in the dark.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2023

The sun glimmered on the sea outside his west-facing windows.

From Seattle Times Jul. 12, 2023

Looking up they saw the clouds breaking and shredding; and then high in the south the moon glimmered out, riding in the flying wrack.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

And while the movie’s legacy looks a little more macabre now, Panettiere and Trachtenberg’s glimmering performances are enough to push through the darkness.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Swimming pools, well-manicured lawns, carefully appointed midcentury interiors, glimmering light and stylish people abound.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Alongside the spectacle of execution and the glimmering blood, Mary, John, St. Dominic and others beside Christ in many of these frescos cover their faces or turn away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

In the closing shot, the words "we belong together" appeared over a sea of bodies dancing beneath glimmering lights at the show.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

He looked back and fancied that he could see the lights of Wall behind him, wavering and glimmering as if in a heat-haze, but still inviting.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman




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