glisten
Example Sentences
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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
I ask her what memories of your father she has and her eyes glisten.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
This is where the dip starts to glisten.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
And in that clearing, there’s a deeper exhale into herself: an existential sobriety and awareness of time passing, making everything glisten in a new light.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024
The street lamps were making the pavement glisten, and the light from the streetcars would glint off someone’s shiny hair, or off a smile or a silver bracelet.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
Vocabulary lists containing glisten
Unit 1: Telling Details
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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