gleam

At that point, he was told, riders would always look left, just for a second, at the towers and the gleam of downtown Manhattan in the sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Since then, every major chapter of Trump’s story has been suffused with the gleam of his favorite metal.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

There's almost no kissing, and the disco is a million miles from the hedonistic gleam of Studio 54.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

Places where glazes gleam like car paint, espumas suspend among dough sheets, croissants of a million layers.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

Instead she smiled and said, “Simon, your gleam of genius is undimmed. Will you do it?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

A silver court gown like the one Marie Antoinette wore at her wedding gleams in the central case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

When he opens it, the violin gleams with the sheen of a freshly split chestnut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

But keep your whisk moving, and you’ll feel it: the moment the sauce thickens, holds, and gleams just slightly.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

Most intriguing is a hand-size squid that gleams ruby red.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2024

The crown gleams in his gnarled hands, glowing as if sunlight emanated from the metal itself.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Metallic candy pearls gleamed under the fluorescent lights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

A couple of rows on, the Super Hot Red Pepper, another Alvarez creation, gleamed in the sunlight.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

Skies gleamed pink, green and yellow as the aurora borealis illuminated parts of northern England.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2023

"Is that…" her eyes gleamed, jaw dropping to the floor, as she placed both of her tiny hands over her heart.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

For an instant the sun gleamed in her eyes, making her blink.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Next, an interior shot, sweeping across a gleaming white room occupied by sleek screens and glass-domed beds, space-age Sleeping Beauty contraptions.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

But South Korea's heatwave has made it uninhabitable, forcing him to seek refuge under a makeshift tarp just a stone’s throw from Gangnam’s gleaming skyscrapers, where the wealthy remain cool in their aloof abodes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Each of the five judges read all the submitted books, with Beard joking she "occasionally felt daunted as a new box of 30 or so gleaming volumes landed on my doorstep".

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

There she found the housemaid, Margaret, energetically polishing the already gleaming brass door handle.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood