glisten
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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
As its golden domes glisten in the winter sunshine, you can still see where grass has struggled to regrow.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
Jesse blinked his eyes against the glare and the glisten.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
"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
A midday sun glistens across the vaulted glass roof of this century-old exhibition hall in the heart of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
The toppings may also be pizzalike, as in the model that glistens with a fire engine-red layer of Calabrian chile butter.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Her dark skin glistens with powder, like she's covered in stardust.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Sweat glistened on his head and pooled on his undershirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Before that, I had a mermaid-inspired gel nail set that glistened like when the sun beats on tropical waters.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2024
Skies were clear and the water glistened, making conditions perfect for dropping instruments hundreds of metres down and hauling up traps filled with sediment or microscopic marine life.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
Recalling those days, her eyes glistened as she spoke about the way Churchill inspired the nation.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Down below, the rink’s surface glistened with water, but not enough to make a difference in dampening the flames.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
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
From his office overlooking the glistening waterway, the third generation fish merchant gestures to the horizon.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
The stink got stronger as he followed the tunnel, hearing nothing but his own breathing, seeing nothing but glimpses of glistening red stone.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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