glint

His poems can seem like black crystals; hold them to the light and they glint with ash, Scripture, lovers’ voices and breath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

In his work exist iconic signs of beloved local establishments — like the Playpen — the blinding glint reflecting off downtown’s skyline, telephone poles regarded as totems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

If it doesn’t glint in the light, I’m not interested.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

Netflix’s purchase of WBD would result in a “big market share” he says with a glint in his eye.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

He did not, however, conceal the glint of pleasure in his round, red eyes.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Bright sunshine glints off the Arctic waters below the main street, and the flat-topped, snow and ice-covered mountains all around.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

A few of the people, including a man with a camera, stared at the sky, studying the way the smoke rose and shifted, letting in glints of light and then closing again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Overmilked phrases and wayward pitch aside, the Romanian soprano’s voice retains glints of its delicate, kaleidoscopic colors and a sense of interiority.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Across our own solar system, scientists can detect the presence of liquid oceans by observing "glints" -- flashes of sunlight that reflect off liquid surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023

They are all wearing airplane pillow- cases over their heads, with holes cut for the eyes and for the mouths, which show in the dim light as white glints, pink glis- tenings.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Salmond modernised and professionalised the SNP, ensuring its machinery was overhauled and its message was polished until it glinted like granite in the sun.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024

As the Parisian runway glinted under the weight of expectation, Sarah Burton, with a profound respect for legacy and an unmistakable innovative touch, presented her magnum opus for Alexander McQueen Saturday night.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

Its dagger-like fangs glinted in the dim light.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

Event searchlights crisscrossed the darkened sky, swooping over the table so that bits of light glinted off the wine glass edges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

Low upon the edge of sight shoulders of the mountains glinted red upon either side.

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

His third delivery, one followed with a glinting glare, beat the edge of Henry Nicholls' bat.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

The small canvas shows a young woman set on a dark background, her head turned towards the viewer and a pearl earring glinting from beneath her blue and cream turban.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

"It's like many, many thousands of rotating, glinting ruffled potato chips."

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

New John Deere tractors made their way last week through the sprawling port of Brunswick, Ga., their distinctive green paint glinting in the sunshine.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

The giant turtle rested off to the side, the ridges on her back glinting in the morning sun.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook