glisten
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Under the glow of fluorescent lights at Seafood City market in North Hills, packages of premade 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
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
He says something to the boy, and two gold fangs glisten in his mouth.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
“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
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
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
His forehead glistens over with sweat, the curve of it like a hazelnut.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Their sunscreen glistened in the summer heat, leaving a coconut aroma in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
An array of whole peeled tangerines, strawberries, hawthorn berries and green and red grapes glistened on my phone screen like jewels you only admire but can’t touch.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
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
Clearly moved, Chapman’s eyes glistened when the crowd roared as she played the 1988 song’s unforgettable guitar riff.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
All the weapons were finely made, and glistened in the sunlight.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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
"We don't deserve this, it's not fair. I'm sorry I couldn't make it happen," Gattuso said, eyes glistening, before retreating to the dressing room.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
It was everywhere online: a glistening democracy of vegetables and protein, dutifully spaced on parchment, slid into a hot oven, retrieved as a complete life solution.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
A brood of cheerful, incandescent snout-nosed butterflies trailed behind me, glistening in the moonlight—like fireflies, like hope.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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