glint
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"There was a glint of fear. They were dour. This was something more than someone being ill. It was something that affected them."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
His poems can seem like black crystals; hold them to the light and they glint with ash, Scripture, lovers’ voices and breath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
If it doesn’t glint in the light, I’m not interested.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
Netflix’s purchase of WBD would result in a “big market share” he says with a glint in his eye.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
The reflective spokes of a bicycle wheel glint in the headlights.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
When his camera isn’t woozily circling like a merry-go-round, his edginess glints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Across our own solar system, scientists can detect the presence of liquid oceans by observing "glints" -- flashes of sunlight that reflect off liquid surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023
The shadows and glints thrown on the flat screen seem deep, as if your eye burrows into the surface, spelunking in caves of dust or drifting through nebulae.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
The flowers embossed on the bottle suggest spring, and the pink wine within glints of sunlight.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
They are all wearing airplane pillow- cases over their heads, with holes cut for the eyes and for the mouths, which show in the dim light as white glints, pink glis- tenings.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
This will be the third time in 12 months that the trumpets have sounded, the uniforms glinted and the carriages rumbled through London's streets and across TV, radio and online.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
Back at the tea room, Chao lifted her teacup to her lips as light glinted off the silver rings that circled her fingers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
Its dagger-like fangs glinted in the dim light.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022
Event searchlights crisscrossed the darkened sky, swooping over the table so that bits of light glinted off the wine glass edges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
On the sideboard, a cut-glass punch bowl glinted, filled with mulled red wine redolent of cloves.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
The small canvas shows a young woman set on a dark background, her head turned towards the viewer and a pearl earring glinting from beneath her blue and cream turban.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
"It's like many, many thousands of rotating, glinting ruffled potato chips."
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
Art Deco touches inform outdoor marquees, globed chandeliers, and vintage Audubon wallpaper is glinting with pink birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
New John Deere tractors made their way last week through the sprawling port of Brunswick, Ga., their distinctive green paint glinting in the sunshine.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Mom takes half the books from me, and I see her eyes are glinting with excitement.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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