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glint

[glint] / glɪnt /


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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

Doug feverishly bangs out a script and Griff, who plans to star in the remake, calls it “a masterpiece,” though the demented glint in Mr. Black’s eyes assures us it’s anything but.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

Their ignominious falls from grace are clear in the documentaries they feature in, from the glint of their handcuffs to the colour of their prison uniforms.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

I try to get a look to see how he’s handling all this rain, but I can only just make out the golden glint of his eyes.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

When his camera isn’t woozily circling like a merry-go-round, his edginess glints.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

The furred and the hoofed, the feathered and the chaotically tentacled roam, slither and sometimes howl in “The Animal Kingdom,” an amusing what-if French fantasy with a touch of comedy and some glints of horror.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

These glints, or specular reflections, have been observed, for instance, on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which helped to confirm the moon's large lakes.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023

Cables snake everywhere, insulation glints in the sunlight, ceiling panels have yet to be fitted and protective coverings mask the floors - but the hard work is done.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023

There were glints of silver in the splashed white of the chest, some metal her mother had embedded in the paint.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

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

Then the corner of his eye caught the sun and glinted for a moment — an unfallen tear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

Its dagger-like fangs glinted in the dim light.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

On the road outside Calais, in the small hours of the morning, we met 17-year-old Sikunder and his friends, wrapped in survival blankets that glinted like pieces of silver in the dark.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2022

Random thoughts glinted in her mind, like gold nuggets coming to the surface: Daedalus.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

"It will continue," said the mayor, turning his head back towards the beach, the flat expanse of water, and the White Cliffs of Dover glinting, beguilingly, in the distance.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024

Shreve stood in the door, putting his collar on, his glasses glinting rosily, as though he had washed them with his face.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner


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