glisten

Hamilton lets down Claire’s savage hauteur; Mays’ eyes glisten with all the regrets of lost love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

This is where the dip starts to glisten.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

At fish counters across Long Island, imported salmon fillets glisten in greater profusion than local mackerel and black sea bass.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

With each bite her eyes began to glisten with energy, and, like a flame, she soon flickered and stood tall.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

“A quick spray glistens the whole body but I do extra for my arms,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

And then there’s Nico, looking like everybody’s big brother at spring practices, smack-talking and celebrating the guys, as engaged as Chesney but easier to spot because his golden helmet glistens above everyone else’s.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

There, in the front window, glistens a massive Maria Theresa-style chandelier that once shimmered in the hotel’s ballroom, its many crystals winking at you in the refracted light.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024

A “diamond” earring glistens in one of his ears, and his snapback matches his sneakers.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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

The sweat that glistened on his arms and soaked his shirt as he bowled in the baking heat of Saturday.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

The only noticeable difference throughout those years has been the color of her hair, which glistened Sunday underneath the Crypto.com Arena’s lights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 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

Her damp cheeks glistened like the pumpkin-colored wood of the table where Pax’s humans ate their food, brilliant against the white of her sleek throat.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

In Lima, we were treated to glistening bowls of ceviche and plates of tiradito, each more delicious than the last, and soup bowls piled high with the most vibrantly orange uni you’ve ever seen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The meat was so glistening that it caught the light of the disco ball.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Because I’m very happy with the mural,” she said, eyes glistening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 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

A rat scuttled from the shadows, dragging a glistening chunk of meat or viscera.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros