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

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

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

Jacks, though, spoke with a glint in his eye – the look of a side starting to believe in themselves again - and dismissed concerns over the lack of straightforward wins.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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

She looked down and saw the glint of silver coins...thousands of old Roman denarii breaking the surface all around her, as if the entire hilltop was coming to a boil.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

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

The shadows and glints thrown on the flat screen seem deep, as if your eye burrows into the surface, spelunking in caves of dust or drifting through nebulae.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

The giant gold watch on her wrist glints against the green-and-white paper bakery baggie, then she turns and darts out, eyes already back on her phone.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

It brought with it amorphous longings, shapeless desires, brief imaginary glints of other lives she could be living, that over the months melded into a piercing homesickness.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

This will be the third time in 12 months that the trumpets have sounded, the uniforms glinted and the carriages rumbled through London's streets and across TV, radio and online.

From BBC ● May 5, 2023

Its dagger-like fangs glinted in the dim light.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

Steel blades glinted and perfectly white uniforms glowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

The scales glinted in the morning sun as she reeled it in.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

Art Deco touches inform outdoor marquees, globed chandeliers, and vintage Audubon wallpaper is glinting with pink birds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

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

She sucks on the waterpipe and watches us silently, her jewelry glinting in the sun.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell