agleam
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Or, as we see in “The Woman King’s” cut-to-the-quick opening scene, to rise silently from the grasses, sword out, midriff bared, shoulders agleam with sweat and firelight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
He saddles his beautiful palomino, and we expect an open prairie, but he winds up in a bright new kitchen, agleam with mod cons, where Gena Rowlands makes him ham and eggs.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2016
One look at her face, agleam with intelligence and apprehension, and you suspect you’re in the hands of a guide you can trust.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2015
But camp was all over the place in ’12: bubbling up from below, and agleam at the top of the pops.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2012
Percy Weasley had stopped dead at the head of the stairs, prefect badge agleam, an expression of complete shock on his face.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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