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glint

noun as in sparkle

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Example Sentences

I’d watch for the glint in her blue-gray eyes as they light up, barely looking up at the screen from the knitting in her hands, with the knowledge of whodunnit.

From Time

When Howard Carson first opens the door to Tomb 26, he observes that “everywhere there was the glint of plastic.”

From Vox

It may not be unlike situations where we might catch a glint of sunlight in the ocean.

The glint of sunlight or a headlamp beam off of a space blanket can make you visible to searchers from much further out than usual.

So he lifts up every thing with even a tiny glint and hopes that it’s the thing that either becomes the agreed-upon proof of his point or serves to convince at least a few people that he might be right.

Billy Bob Thornton, explaining the biggest appeal of the project for him, calls it, with a glint in his eye, “a 10-hour movie.”

I scanned the nightstand but did not see the familiar glint of gold- a tiny lighthouse shining: HERE ARE YOUR GLASSES.

On the second day, he entered court at much the same pace, with a steely glint in his eye.

She could see the glint of the moon upon the bay, and could feel the soft, gusty beating of the hot south wind.

Something with the glint of bright steel flashed from the lunch box under the man's arm.

The latter saw the glint of gold coins between the meshes of the purse and her heart throbbed.

It showed in his grey eyes and the glint in his carelessly combed light brown hair and the set of his jawline.

The lips assumed an appearance of somewhat exaggerated indifference, but there was a glint of watchfulness in the eyes.

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glint, such as: gleam, glimmer, twinkle, flash, glance, and glitter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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