- present participle of shimmer.
shimmering
Example Sentences
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From floral stage design and a live band, to her elegant shimmering dresses and words of wisdow - the performance had it all.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
To that end, this skillet starts, as many good things do, with a slick of olive oil shimmering in the pan.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
A shimmering crystal gets its colorful appearance from the precise arrangement of its atoms in space.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
The other is a well-known image of Swift, often representative of her recent Eras tour, featuring the 36-year-old onstage, holding her pink guitar and dressed in a shimmering bodysuit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Thinking about Slash calmed Nate down a bit, and put that strong, shimmering feeling inside his chest again.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis