gleam
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The gleam of a cellphone or a car’s headlights also can throw off the courtship ritual by distracting the bugs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 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
Fennell’s emphasis on not claiming faithfulness to the text gives her “Wuthering Heights” the soft-focus gleam of the romance fanfiction that much of her audience likely grew up on.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
That gleam in Melling’s eyes makes it feel like a comic fantasy, although who knows?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Ms. Morales kind of had an odd gleam in her eye—maybe they’d piled it on a little thick?
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing gleam
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