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glisten

[glis-uhn] / ˈglɪs ən /


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Under the glow of fluorescent lights at Seafood City market in North Hills, packages of pre-made adobo, salted shrimp fry and and dried anchovies glisten in meat coolers.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

Silver pearls glisten on the men’s foreheads and their eyes are sunken deep in their pale faces, framed in a stubble of beard.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

I ask her what memories of your father she has and her eyes glisten.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2025

This is where the dip starts to glisten.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2025

Their faces are long, their mouths turned down, their eyes glisten with tears.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

"In the sunlight, the horse glistens" thanks to its "fine, hollow-core hair, which reflects light differently."

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

The morning frost glistens, and—in a clever device—the low sun glimmers through a row of unseen, leafless trees behind the artist, casting crisscrossing, rhythmic shadows on the furrows.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

It clothes the statue of the archangel Gabriel atop the bell tower on St. Mark’s Square and glistens in the mosaics on the facade of St. Mark’s Basilica, aptly nicknamed “the Golden Church.”

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2024

Its white, fatty texture glistens next to her generic-brand kibble.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2022

The floor glistens like it’s permanently wet and tall paintings hang on the walls.

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

I sat at my final breakfast, a perfect double espresso breathed its steam, the bread still warm, the smear glistened and pooled in the nooks.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2025

Sweat glistened on his head and pooled on his undershirt.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2024

Recalling those days, her eyes glistened as she spoke about the way Churchill inspired the nation.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2024

As the boat pulled out of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, schools of juvenile menhaden, or peanut bunker, glistened at the edges of the inlet, as though to highlight her point.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2024

Powdered isinglass was pasted on the roof and it glistened more brightly than real snow.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

He also came to treasure his time mowing the fairways each morning before the golfers arrived, the dew glistening on the grass while the nibbling, untroubled deer looked on from the rough.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

It features plenty of glistening seafood, market produce and local delicacies, alongside Tucci telling the story of a people for whom family and rituals hold communities together.

From BBC May 9, 2026

As the Wichita-bred artist, 26, releases her sophomore album “Halo,” a fervid new entry in the hyperpop lane, she is glistening bright.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

A salmon so consistently coral, so perfectly sliced that it melts in your mouth, glistening with so much naturally rich Omega-3s that it’s like a fatty halo shining on the plate.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

A big plastic tray full of glistening dough sat uncovered.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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