shimmering
Example Sentences
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Against this shimmering backdrop, the bright yellow branches appeared to rise from the seafloor like glowing trees surrounded by stars.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Libyan designer Rabia Ben Barka, whose models showed off similarly shimmering dresses, told AFP she found Abuja -- on her first trip to Nigeria -- "so clean" and organised.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Inspired by Talking Heads and Grace Jones, it's a record whose shimmering surfaces disguise lyrics of deep emotional complexity.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
One of the most famous was “Running Fence,” 24½ miles of shimmering white, 18-foot-tall fabric that stretched across picturesque terrain in Northern California’s Sonoma and Marin counties from Sept. 10 to Sept. 24, 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The storm clouds inside burned away, leaving nothing but red dust and shimmering heat, like mirages on the Sahara.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
