glisten

Example Sentences

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Christmas lights glisten, a communal tree beckons to be decorated and a marionette handler wanders the grounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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

I hold the pendant up against the living room light, and the diamonds glisten like a lake on a sunny day.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas