shimmer
Example Sentences
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A veritable feast for the ears that shimmers with sound — a stray guitar flourish here, a pulsing synthesizer there.
From Salon
The composer Carl Friedrich Abel, a beloved friend of the artist, is shown in a shimmering gold waistcoat that reveals nothing of his financial troubles.
At the top of the cliff a thin mist came from Patrick’s Well; beyond that the sea was a shimmer of silver.
From Literature
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The car slowed as Grandma turned onto an old farm road, the fields on either side blanketed in shimmering white.
From Literature
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The room darkened again and the screen shimmered, zooming in on an image of me sitting in my blue dress.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.